New Mexico State University-Main Campus Student Population and Demographics

NMSU Student Population

There are 15,408 students including 12,507 undergraduate and 2,901 graduate students at New Mexico State University-Main Campus for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 11,733 full-time and 3,675 part-time students with gender distribution of 6,444 male and 8,964 female students.

New Mexico State University-Main Campus is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 3,649 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

New Mexico State University-Main Campus has a total enrollment of 15,408 with a gender distribution of 41.82% male (6,444 students) and 58.18% female (8,964 students). There are 5,250 male and 7,257 female students in undergraduate school and 1,194 male and 1,707 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	15,408	6,444	8,964
Undergraduate	12,507	5,250	7,257
Graduate	2,901	1,194	1,707
Full-time	11,733	4,961	6,772
Part-time	3,675	1,483	2,192

[Chart] New Mexico State University-Main Campus 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

New Mexico State University-Main Campus has 11,733 full-time and 3,675 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 10,173 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 2,334 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 1,560 students are full-time and 1,341 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
New Mexico State University-Main Campus
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	15,408	11,733	3,675
Undergraduate	12,507	10,173	2,334
Graduate	2,901	1,560	1,341
Men	6,444	4,961	1,483
Women	8,964	6,772	2,192

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

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At New Mexico State University-Main Campus, 3,649 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 6,713 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 15,408 students.

In undergraduate schools, 8,499 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 1,863 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
New Mexico State University-Main Campus
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	15,408	12,507	2,901
Online Exclusively	3,649	2,340	1,309
In Some Online Classes	6,713	6,159	554
Not In Online Classes	5,046	4,008	1,038

[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 397 American Indian/Native American, 3,942 White, 379 Black/African American, 208 Asian, 9,067 Hispanic, 23 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 233 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
New Mexico State University-Main Campus
	Total	Men	Women
Total	15,408	6,444	8,964
American Indian/Native American	397	136	261
Asian	208	96	112
Black/African American	379	186	193
Hispanic	9,067	3,511	5,556
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	23	10	13
White	3,942	1,760	2,182
Two More	444	198	246
Race Un-Known	70	35	35

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

Student Age Distribution

The following 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	15,408	12,507	2,901
Under 18	323	323	0
Age 18-19	4,021	4,020	1
Age 20-21	3,436	3,400	36
Age 22-24	2,689	2,069	620
Age 25-29	1,746	1,034	712
Age 30-34	1,141	596	545
Age 35-39	762	423	339
Age 40-49	834	404	430
Age 50-64	384	196	188
Over 64	72	42	30
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] New Mexico State University-Main Campus 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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