Enrollment Trends at NMSU

The student population at New Mexico State University-Main Campus is 14,268 (11,591 undergraduate and 2,677 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 2,497 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at NMSU is 81.24% which is decreased by 1,991 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 506 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.39 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

2,815 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 48.94% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 14,835 where 14,268 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

81.24% of total students is undergraduate students and 18.76% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,991 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 506 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.39 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in NMSU than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at New Mexico State University-Main Campus since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	16,765	13,582	6,365	7,217	3,183	1,325	1,858
2014-15	15,829 -936	12,784 -798	6,002 -363	6,782 -435	3,045 -138	1,329 4	1,716 -142
2015-16	15,490 -339	12,526 -258	5,866 -136	6,660 -122	2,964 -81	1,280 -49	1,684 -32
2016-17	14,852 -638	12,027 -499	5,565 -301	6,462 -198	2,825 -139	1,218 -62	1,607 -77
2017-18	14,432 -420	11,713 -314	5,326 -239	6,387 -75	2,719 -106	1,187 -31	1,532 -75
2018-19	14,289 -143	11,687 -26	5,244 -82	6,443 56	2,602 -117	1,103 -84	1,499 -33
2019-20	14,296 7	11,675 -12	5,119 -125	6,556 113	2,621 19	1,090 -13	1,531 32
2020-21	14,227 -69	11,575 -100	4,942 -177	6,633 77	2,652 31	1,072 -18	1,580 49
2021-22	13,904 -323	11,231 -344	4,705 -237	6,526 -107	2,673 21	1,039 -33	1,634 54
2022-23	14,268 364	11,591 360	4,861 156	6,730 204	2,677 4	1,107 68	1,570 -64
Average	14,835	12,039	5,400	6,640	2,796	1,175	1,621

New Mexico State University-Main Campus Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 12,039 where 11,591 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at New Mexico State University-Main Campus since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	13,582	11,297	5,366	5,931	2,285	999	1,286
2014-15	12,784	10,668	5,036	5,632	2,116	966	1,150
2015-16	12,526	10,419	4,962	5,457	2,107	904	1,203
2016-17	12,027	9,874	4,629	5,245	2,153	936	1,217
2017-18	11,713	9,703	4,408	5,295	2,010	918	1,092
2018-19	11,687	9,712	4,341	5,371	1,975	903	1,072
2019-20	11,675	9,740	4,240	5,500	1,935	879	1,056
2020-21	11,575	9,466	4,013	5,453	2,109	929	1,180
2021-22	11,231	9,084	3,792	5,292	2,147	913	1,234
2022-23	11,591	9,340	3,887	5,453	2,251	974	1,277
Average	12,039	12,039	4,467	5,463	12,039	932	1,177

New Mexico State University-Main Campus Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,796 where 2,677 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at New Mexico State University-Main Campus since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,183	1,709	769	940	1,474	556	918
2014-15	3,045	1,599	777	822	1,446	552	894
2015-16	2,964	1,559	727	832	1,405	553	852
2016-17	2,825	1,499	692	807	1,326	526	800
2017-18	2,719	1,472	692	780	1,247	495	752
2018-19	2,602	1,421	632	789	1,181	471	710
2019-20	2,621	1,360	604	756	1,261	486	775
2020-21	2,652	1,395	592	803	1,257	480	777
2021-22	2,673	1,342	564	778	1,331	475	856
2022-23	2,677	1,426	633	793	1,251	474	777
Average	2,796	2,796	668	810	2,796	507	811

New Mexico State University-Main Campus Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 26.14% and the percentage of black students is 2.82% at New Mexico State University-Main Campus. 1.27% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at New Mexico State University-Main Campus over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	380	216	493	8,132	41	5,463	221
2014-15	358	220	465	7,738	32	5,039	247
2015-16	307	209	463	7,695	27	4,791	274
2016-17	294	202	441	7,652	25	4,383	266
2017-18	287	204	407	7,851	20	4,148	293
2018-19	304	201	365	8,068	17	3,954	284
2019-20	293	235	350	8,260	20	3,846	301
2020-21	330	182	377	8,215	22	3,854	327
2021-22	336	184	410	8,056	17	3,716	339
2022-23	337	181	402	8,325	25	3,729	369
Average	323	203	417	7,999	25	4,292	292

New Mexico State University-Main Campus Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,815 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 20% of total students. The number of online students has increased 48.94% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at New Mexico State University-Main Campus from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	15,829	1,890	3,962	9,977
2015-16	15,490	1,876	4,137	9,477
2016-17	14,852	1,630	4,108	9,114
2017-18	14,432	1,580	4,191	8,661
2018-19	14,289	1,602	4,521	8,166
2019-20	14,296	1,775	4,469	8,052
2020-21	14,227	4,898	8,231	1,098
2021-22	13,904	2,762	7,734	3,408
2022-23	14,268	2,815	7,109	4,344
Average	14,621	2,314	5,385	6,922

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