Student Population at New Mexico State University-Main Campus

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
14,268	11,591	2,677

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 14,268 students have enrolled in New Mexico State University-Main Campus with 11,591 undergraduate and 2,677 graduate students.

By gender, 5,968 male and 8,300 female students are attending the school.

It has relatively fewer students compared to similar colleges (16,325 students in average - public Research University (high research activity)).

2,815 students are enrolled exclusively, and 7,109 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

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Student Population by Gender

New Mexico State University-Main Campus has a total of 14,268 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 11,591 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 2,677 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 5,968 male and 8,300 female students (the male-female ratio is 42:58) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	14,268	11,591	2,677
Men	5,968	4,861	1,107
Women	8,300	6,730	1,570

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 3,729 White, 402 Black, and 181 Asian students out of a total of 14,268 are attending at New Mexico State University-Main Campus. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

All Students

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	337	116	221
Asian	181	80	101
Black	402	222	180
Hispanic	8,325	3,233	5,092
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	25	11	14
White	3,729	1,639	2,090
Two or more races	369	162	207
Race Unknown	135	69	66

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	281	99	182
Asian	122	56	66
Black	307	183	124
Hispanic	7,393	2,895	4,498
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	20	8	12
White	2,767	1,272	1,495
Two or more races	284	132	152
Race Unknown	114	58	56

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	56	17	39
Asian	59	24	35
Black	95	39	56
Hispanic	932	338	594
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	5	3	2
White	962	367	595
Two or more races	85	30	55
Race Unknown	21	11	10

Student Age Distribution

By age, NMSU has 314 students under 18 years old and 58 students over 65 years old. There are 10,052 students under 25 years old, and 4,216 students over 25 years old out of 14,268 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 314 students are younger than 18 and 35 students are older than 65. NMSU has 9,500 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 2,091 students aged 25 and over.

It has 552 graduate students aged under 25 and 2,125 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	314	206	108
18-19	3,716	2,258	1,458
20-21	3,425	1,963	1,462
22-24	2,597	1,408	1,189
25-29	1,608	907	701
30-34	971	542	429
35-39	603	369	234
40-49	667	432	235
50-64	309	187	122
Over 65	58	28	30

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	314	206	108
18-19	3,715	2,257	1,458
20-21	3,388	1,938	1,450
22-24	2,083	1,087	996
25-29	896	518	378
30-34	471	274	197
35-39	282	186	96
40-49	275	165	110
50-64	132	84	48
Over 65	35	15	20

Graduate

Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At New Mexico State University-Main Campus, 2,815 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 7,109 students are enrolled in some online courses.

2,068 students lived in New Mexico or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 747 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
	All Students	Enrolled Exclusively Online Courses	Enrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students	14,268	2,815	7,109
Undergraduate	11,591	1,732	6,641
Graduate	2,677	1,083	468

Online Student Population by Locality
	New Mexico Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	2,068	733	14
Undergraduate	1,390	336	6
Graduate	678	397	8

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 11,591 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 618 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 5.33%.465 students have transferred in as full-time status and 153 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	8,875
Transfer-in Full-time	465
Regular Part-time	2,098
Transfer-in Part-time	153

Student Population at New Mexico State University-Main Campus

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