Genetics at New Mexico State University - Main Campus

If you are interested in studying genetics, you may want to check out the program at New Mexico State University - Main Campus. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

NMSU Main Campus is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico and approximately 14,227 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 students received a bachelor's degree in genetics from NMSU Main Campus.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Genetics section at the bottom of this page.

NMSU Main Campus Genetics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Genetics

NMSU Main Campus Genetics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the genetics progam at NMSU Main Campus compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The genetics major at NMSU Main Campus is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Genetics. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Genetics Schools	27
	49

Genetics Student Demographics at NMSU Main Campus

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the genetics majors at New Mexico State University - Main Campus.

NMSU Main Campus Genetics Bachelor’s Program

Of the 12 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Genetics from NMSU Main Campus in 2020-2021, 25% were men and 75% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 39% more racial-ethnic minorities in its genetics bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from New Mexico State University - Main Campus with a bachelor's in genetics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

NMSU Main Campus also has a doctoral program available in genetics. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Biomathematics & Bioinformatics
• Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology
• Botany/Plant Biology
• Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology
• Microbiological Sciences & Immunology

Careers That Genetics Grads May Go Into

A degree in genetics can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NM, the home state for New Mexico State University - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in NM	Average Salary in NM
Biological Scientists	410	$73,610
Natural Sciences Managers	380	$104,030
Medical Scientists	370	$87,850
Biological Science Professors	50	$69,310

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By AllenS under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.