Why NMSU?

  • Graduate assistants appointed at 0.25 FTE (10 hours per week) or more receive tuition coverage for up to nine credit hours in each fall and spring semester, a full-time graduate course load
  • Funding! 
    1. Graduate Assistantships: Most students receive full (20 hrs of) funding
    2. Awards and Fellowships: Additional awards support students' tuition and other fees
    3. Travel Funding: We support travel to conferences
  • Jobs for graduates
  • 3:1 student-to-faculty ratio
  • Plentiful, high quality lab space
  • Faculty collaborate extensively with graduate students on research
  • Las Cruces is consistently ranked as one of the best places in the country to live, work, and retire