New Mexico State University-Main Campus Student Population

How many students at NMSU?

For the academic year 2024-2025, New Mexico State University-Main Campus has a total enrollment of 15,408 students, including 12,507 undergraduate and 2,901 graduate students.

• Gender Breakdown: 6,444 male students (41.8%) and 8,964 female students (58.2%) are attending .
• Race and Ethnicity Breakdown: The two largest race/ethnicity groups are 9,067 Hispanic students (58.8%) and 3,942 White students (25.6%).
• Class Level Breakdown: 12,507 undergraduate students (81.2%) and 2,901 graduate students (18.8%).
• Class Delivery: 3,649 students are enrolled online exclusively, while 6,713 students take a hybrid mix of online and on-campus courses.

Compared to similar public Research University (high research activity) - which average 16,875 - NMSU's body is relatively small.

Explore complete student demographics below, including gender ratio, race and ethnicity, age distribution, and distance learning statistics.

Enrollment by Gender and Class Level

By gender, 6,444 male (41.82%) and 8,964 female (58.18%) students are attending New Mexico State University-Main Campus. The number of male students per 100 females students (male-to-female ratio) is 71.89.

By class level, 12,507 (81.17%) are undergraduate students and 2,901 (18.83%) are graduate students. Among undergraduates, 41.98% are male and 58.02% are female, while among graduate students, 41.16% are male and 58.84% are female.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 3,942 White, 379 Black, and 208 Asian students out of a total of 15,408 are attending at New Mexico State University-Main Campus. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

New Mexico State University-Main Campus is moderately diverse with a diversity index of 58.6% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution shows moderate representation of multiple racial and ethnic groups.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, NMSU has 323 students under 18 years old and 72 students over 65 years old. There are 10,469 students under 25 years old, and 4,939 students over 25 years old out of 15,408 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 323 students are younger than 18 and 42 students are older than 65. NMSU has 9,812 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 2,695 students aged 25 and over.

It has 657 graduate students aged under 25 and 2,244 students aged 25 and over.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At New Mexico State University-Main Campus, 3,649 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 6,713 students are enrolled in some online courses.

2,834 students who live in New Mexico or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 815 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 12,507 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 662 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 5.29%.502 students have transferred in as full-time status and 160 students transferred in as part-time status.