unitid 188030 · Las Cruces, NM · public 4-year · suburb (midsize)
New Mexico State University-Main Campus
- enrollment 2023
- 16,277
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
89%
66th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
11,946
77th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
38%
undergrads on Pell grants
67th pctl among public 4-years
completion
55%
finish within 150% time
71st pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$23,274
54th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$8,889
after aid, aided students
26th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$39,067
after entry, Title IV students
13th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$17,095
35th pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $6,648 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k49%
- 30-48k21%
- 48-75k14%
- 75-110k8%
- 110k+7%
- Median family income
- $23,951
- First-generation students
- 44%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $8,183
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.3× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 182 | $77,392 | $20,500 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 152 | $45,750 | $20,642 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 141 | $45,935 | $24,656 |
| Mechanical Engineering. | 122 | $98,083 | $18,759 |
| Psychology, General. | 104 | $45,418 | $17,725 |
| Biology, General. | 99 | $49,889 | $20,312 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 92 | $46,143 | $24,705 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General. | 90 | $87,850 | $21,261 |
| Social Work. | 83 | $57,497 | — |
| Business/Commerce, General. | 83 | $46,931 | $24,225 |
| Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering. | 80 | $95,469 | $24,537 |
| Animal Sciences. | 77 | $41,175 | $18,489 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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built 2026-07-17
Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.