Enrollment Trends at NMSU

The student population at New Mexico State University-Main Campus is 15,408 (12,507 undergraduate and 2,901 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 82 (0.53%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at NMSU is 81.17% which is decreased by 19 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 63 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 72 male students for every 100 female students, down from 86 in 2015.
3,649 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 94.51% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 14,595 where 15,408 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 15,490 students in 2016 and was lowest at 13,904 in 2022. Overall, enrollment dropped from 15,490 to 15,408 students, a net loss of 82 (0.5%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at New Mexico State University-Main Campus since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	15,490	12,526	5,866	6,660	2,964	1,280	1,684
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
2023-24	14,779 511	12,113 522	4,998 137	7,115 385	2,666 -11	1,092 -15	1,574 4
2024-25	15,408 629	12,507 394	5,250 252	7,257 142	2,901 235	1,194 102	1,707 133
Average	14,595	11,865	5,188	6,677	2,730	1,138	1,592

New Mexico State University-Main Campus Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 11,865 where 12,507 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at New Mexico State University-Main Campus since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	12,113	9,865	4,045	5,820	2,248	953	1,295
2024-25	12,507	10,173	4,275	5,898	2,334	975	1,359
Average	11,865	11,865	4,259	5,478	11,865	928	1,199

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 2,730 where 2,901 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at New Mexico State University-Main Campus since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	2,666	1,431	635	796	1,235	457	778
2024-25	2,901	1,560	686	874	1,341	508	833
Average	2,730	2,730	646	801	2,730	493	791

New Mexico State University-Main Campus Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 25.58% and the percentage of black students is 2.46% at New Mexico State University-Main Campus. 1.35% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 58.85% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 30.93% to 25.58%. Black student enrollment decreased from 2.99% to 2.46%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 49.68% to 58.85%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5860 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.6558 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

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 (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	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
2023-24	377	203	392	8,513	24	3,923	428
2024-25	397	208	379	9,067	23	3,942	444
Average	326	201	399	8,170	22	4,029	333

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

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

3,649 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 24% of total students. The number of online students has increased 94.51% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at New Mexico State University-Main Campus from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
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
2023-24	14,779	3,099	6,783	4,897
2024-25	15,408	3,649	6,713	5,046
Average	14,595	2,569	5,800	6,226

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