General Psychology at New Mexico State University - Main Campus

What traits are you looking for in a psychology school? To help you decide if New Mexico State University - Main Campus is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's psychology program.

NMSU Main Campus is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico and has a total student population of 14,227. Of the 2,425 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from New Mexico State University - Main Campus in 2021, 110 of them were general psychology majors.

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

NMSU Main Campus General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology
• Doctorate Degree in Psychology

NMSU Main Campus General Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology 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 psychology major at NMSU Main Campus is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Psychology. 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 Popular General Psychology Schools	344
Best General Psychology Schools	968

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in psychology from NMSU Main Campus. This is the #317 most popular school for psychology master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Psychology Graduates from NMSU Main Campus Make?

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at NMSU Main Campus is $20,207. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $28,637 for all psychology students.

Psychology Student Demographics at NMSU Main Campus

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

NMSU Main Campus General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

The psychology program at NMSU Main Campus awarded 110 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 22% of these degrees went to men with the other 78% going to women. The typical psychology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at NMSU Main Campus since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 36% more racial-ethnic minorities in its psychology 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 psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	79
White	17
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

NMSU Main Campus also has a doctoral program available in psychology. In 2021, 1 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Child Development & Psychology
• Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology

Careers That Psychology Grads May Go Into

A degree in psychology 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
Managers	2,850	$96,490
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	940	$73,600
Psychologists	90	$84,080

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.