Student Population at NMSU

The following chart compares NMSU's student enrollment with all colleges nationwide, Public, 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Public, 4-Years Colleges in New Mexico.

The enrollment is larger than the Public, 4-Years Colleges in New Mexico average (6,212 students).

The below chart compares the student population between New Mexico State University-Main Campus and similar colleges.

By gender, there are 6,444 male and 8,964 female students attending NMSU. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.72 to 1 and the ratio is similar to national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at NMSU.

By age, there are 10,469 students whose age under twenty five and 3,193 students whose age is over thirty years old at New Mexico State University-Main Campus.

Especially, 323 students are younger than eighteen and 72 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at New Mexico State University-Main Campus.

At New Mexico State University-Main Campus, 10,362 students (67.25% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 3,649 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 2,834 students live in New Mexico where New Mexico State University-Main Campus is located in and 802 students have enrolled from other states.