College Profile for: New Mexico State University-Alamogordo
New Mexico State University, or NMSU, is a land-grant university that has its main campus in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The school was founded in 1888 as Las Cruces College, an agricultural college, and in 1889 the school became "New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts." It received its present name, New Mexico State University in 1960. NMSU has approximately 28,821 students enrolled as of Fall 2007, and has a faculty-to-student ratio of about 1 to 19. NMSU offers a wide range of programs and awards associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees through its main campus and four community colleges. For 10 consecutive years, NMSU has been rated as one of America's 100 Best College Buys for offering "the very highest quality education at the lowest cost" by Institutional Re...
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2400 North Scenic Drive
Alamogordo, NM
88310
505-439-3600 (general)
505-439-3710 (financial aid)
505-439-3700 (admissions)
Web Site:
http://alamo.nmsu.edu/
