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Engineering at New Mexico State University - Main Campus

58% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you are interested in studying engineering, 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.

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

NMSU Main Campus Engineering Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
Master’s Degree in Engineering

Online Classes Are Available at NMSU Main Campus

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? NMSU Main Campus offers distance education options for engineering at the following degree levels:

Master’s Degree

NMSU Main Campus Engineering Rankings

The engineering major at NMSU Main Campus is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering. 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.

There were 34 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #95 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at NMSU Main Campus

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

NMSU Main Campus Engineering Bachelor’s Program

23% Women

58% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 77% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 23% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 28% more racial-ethnic minorities in its engineering 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 engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	159
White	56
International Students	72
Other Races/Ethnicities	17

NMSU Main Campus Engineering Master’s Program

34% Women

42% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 66% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 34% went to women.

In the engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 42% of degree recipients. That is 12% better 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 master's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	32
White	29
International Students	27
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Engineering

The following engineering concentations are available at New Mexico State University - Main Campus. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at New Mexico State University - Main Campus. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Mechanical Engineering	111
Industrial Engineering	73
Electrical Engineering	61
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	55
Civil Engineering	39
General Engineering	33
Chemical Engineering	27
Engineering Physics	6
Systems Engineering	5

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering 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
Engineers	2,010	$114,790
Physicists	1,770	$149,910
Systems Software Developers	1,690	$94,690
Architectural and Engineering Managers	1,590	$163,260
Electrical Engineers	1,470	$113,050

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
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