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Nursing at New Mexico State University - Main Campus

If you plan to study nursing, take a look at what New Mexico State University - Main Campus has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

NMSU Main Campus is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico and approximately 14,227 students attend the school each year. Of the 226 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from New Mexico State University - Main Campus in 2021, 119 of them were nursing majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Nursing section at the bottom of this page.

NMSU Main Campus Nursing Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing
  • Master’s Degree in Nursing
  • Doctorate Degree in Nursing

Online Classes Are Available at NMSU Main Campus

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? NMSU Main Campus offers distance education options for nursing at the following degree levels:

  • Master’s Degree

NMSU Main Campus Nursing Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks nursing programs across the country. The following shows how NMSU Main Campus performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The nursing major at NMSU Main Campus is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Nursing. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type Rank
Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools 102
Most Popular Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools 187
220
Most Focused Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools 221
Most Popular Online Nursing Schools 232
Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools 274
Most Popular Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 397
Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools 501
Most Popular Nursing Master’s Degree Schools 534
Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools 552
Most Focused Nursing Master’s Degree Schools 566
Most Popular Nursing Schools 599
Best Value Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 661
Most Focused Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 770
Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 816
1,237
Best Value Nursing Schools 1,514
Most Focused Nursing Schools 1,543

In 2021, 4 students received their master’s degree in nursing from NMSU Main Campus. This makes it the #535 most popular school for nursing master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 15 students who received their doctoral degrees in nursing, making the school the #187 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of NMSU Main Campus Nursing Graduates

The median salary of nursing students who receive their bachelor's degree at NMSU Main Campus is $65,075. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 3% higher than the national average of $62,880 for all nursing bachelor's degree recipients.

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Nursing Student Demographics at NMSU Main Campus

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the nursing majors at New Mexico State University - Main Campus.

NMSU Main Campus Nursing Bachelor’s Program

82% Women
61% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 18% of nursing bachelor's degrees went to men and 82% went to women. The typical nursing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at NMSU Main Campus since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 25% more racial-ethnic minorities in its nursing bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from New Mexico State University - Main Campus with a bachelor's in nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 65
White 41
International Students 4
Other Races/Ethnicities 5

NMSU Main Campus Nursing Master’s Program

100% Women
50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 students earned a master's degree in nursing from NMSU Main Campus. About 100% of these graduates were women and the other 0% were men.

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In the nursing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 14% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from New Mexico State University - Main Campus with a master's in nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 2
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

NMSU Main Campus also has a doctoral program available in nursing. In 2021, 15 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Nursing

If you plan to be a nursing major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at New Mexico State University - Main Campus. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing 123
Nursing Practice 15

Careers That Nursing Grads May Go Into

A degree in nursing can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NM, the home state for New Mexico State University - Main Campus.

Occupation Jobs in NM Average Salary in NM
Registered Nurses 16,730 $71,730
Medical and Health Services Managers 1,640 $122,650
Nurse Practitioners 980 $109,810
Nurse Midwives 110 $97,930
Nursing Instructors and Professors 80 $64,660

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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