NMSU Student Population and Demographics

NMSU Student Population

There are 14,227 students including 11,575 undergraduate and 2,652 graduate students at New Mexico State University-Main Campus for academic year 2020-2021. By attending status, there are 10,861 full-time and 3,366 part-time students with gender distribution of 6,014 male and 8,213 female students. New Mexico State University-Main Campus is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 1,729 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

New Mexico State University-Main Campus has a total enrollment of 14,227 with a gender distribution of 42.27% male (6,014 students) and 57.73% female (8,213 students). There are 4,942 male and 6,633 female students in undergraduate school and 1,072 male and 1,580 female students are attending graduate school at New Mexico State University-Main Campus.

Student Population By Gender
New Mexico State University-Main Campus
	Total	Men	Women
Total	14,227	6,014	8,213
Undergraduate	11,575	4,942	6,633
Graduate	2,652	1,072	1,580
Full-time	10,861	4,605	6,256
Part-time	3,366	1,409	1,957

[Chart] New Mexico State University-Main Campus 2021 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

New Mexico State University-Main Campus has 10,861 full-time and 3,366 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 9,466 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 2,109 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 1,395 students are full-time and 1,257 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
New Mexico State University-Main Campus
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	14,227	10,861	3,366
Undergraduate	11,575	9,466	2,109
Graduate	2,652	1,395	1,257
Men	6,014	4,605	1,409
Women	8,213	6,256	1,957

[Chart] New Mexico State University-Main Campus Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At New Mexico State University-Main Campus, 1,729 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 6,002 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 14,227 students. In undergraduate schools, 6,405 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 1,326 students are attending some online courses.

2021 Distance Learning Enrollment
New Mexico State University-Main Campus
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	14,227	11,575	2,652
Online Exclusively	1,729	823	906
In Some Online Classes	6,002	5,582	420
Not In Online Classes	6,496	5,170	1,326

[Chart] New Mexico State University-Main Campus Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at New Mexico State University-Main Campus. There are 330 American Indian/Native American, 3,854 White, 377 Black/African American, 182 Asian, 8,215 Hispanic, 22 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 217 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
New Mexico State University-Main Campus
	Total	Men	Women
Total	14,227	6,014	8,213
American Indian/Native American	330	118	212
Asian	182	79	103
Black/African American	377	203	174
Hispanic	8,215	3,284	4,931
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	22	7	15
White	3,854	1,669	2,185
Two More	327	141	186
Race Un-Known	154	76	78

[Chart] New Mexico State University-Main CampusRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

Next table and chart show the student enrollment by age distribution at New Mexico State University-Main Campus.

Age Distribution
New Mexico State University-Main Campus
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	14,227	11,575	2,652
Under 18	312	312	0
Age 18-19	3,780	3,780	0
Age 20-21	3,570	3,535	35
Age 22-24	2,378	1,870	508
Age 25-29	1,710	968	742
Age 30-34	958	471	487
Age 35-39	592	255	337
Age 40-49	573	235	338
Age 50-64	294	108	186
Over 64	60	41	19
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] New Mexico State University-Main Campus 2021 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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