The NMSU Factbook presents comprehensive data about the NMSU community. The following is the student focused Factbook. These visualizations cover a wide array of demographic, biographical and institutional information about our students, our employees and our administration.
For more concise versions of these reports, please see NMSU Quick Facts.
Student Factbook
The NMSU Factbook presents comprehensive data about the NMSU community. The following is the student focused Factbook. These visualizations cover a wide array of demographic, biographical and institutional information about our students, our employees and our administration.
Student enrollment tends.
The dashboard illustrates the student enrollment trends at New Mexico State University's Las Cruces Campus from Fall 1890 to the current Fall semester. The graph tracks both the headcount (HC) and the Full-Time Equivalency (FTE) of students over the decades, showing a significant growth in enrollment, particularly from the 1960s onward, peaking in the early 2000s. The recent data shows a slight decline in both headcount and FTE, reflecting changing enrollment patterns in recent years.
The lower section of the dashboard provides a detailed comparison of undergraduate and graduate enrollment for the Fall semesters from 2019 to 2023. The data shows a steady enrollment trend, with slight fluctuations in both undergraduate and graduate numbers. In Fall 2019, the campus had 11,663 undergraduate students and 2,615 graduate students. By Fall 2023, undergraduate enrollment increased to 12,107, while graduate enrollment slightly increased to 2,666.
This data shows the stability in undergraduate enrollment, with a modest increase over the years, while graduate enrollment remains consistent with minor variations. The visualization provides valuable insights for the university's strategic planning and helps in understanding long-term trends in student enrollment, allowing for better resource allocation and academic planning.
Student Enrollment Demographics
The dashboard shows a comprehensive overview of student enrollment demographics at New Mexico State University's Las Cruces Campus for Fall 2023, providing detailed insights into various aspects of the student population. The pie chart shows that 76.5% of students are enrolled full-time, with a total of 11,296 students, while 23.5% (3,477 students) are part-time. In terms of race and ethnicity, Hispanic students constitute the largest group, comprising 57.6% (8,511 students) of the total enrollment, followed by White Non-Hispanic students at 26.5% (3,921 students). Other minority groups at 9.6% (1,423).
The gender distribution shows that females represent 59.1% (6,417 students) of the student body, while males account for 40.5% (4,394 students), with a small percentage (0.4%) of students not reporting their gender. Regarding class standing, seniors make up the largest segment at 30.3% (4,482 students), followed by juniors (16.2%), Freshmen (18.1%), and sophomores (14.8%). The student level data indicates that 82% of the students are undergraduates, totaling 12,107 students, while graduate students comprise 18% (2,666 students). Additionally, most of the students (96.1%) are degree-seeking, with 10,431 pursuing degrees, while 3.9% (424 students) are non-degree seeking.
This demographic data provides crucial insights into the composition of the student body at NMSU's Las Cruces Campus, highlighting key trends in enrollment, diversity, and academic standing. The dashboard allows filtering by semester and college.
Student enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
The dashboard offers a comprehensive analysis of student enrollment by race and ethnicity at New Mexico State University's Las Cruces Campus for Fall 2023, providing a clear view of the distribution across various racial and ethnic groups and highlighting trends over recent years. In Fall 2023, Hispanic students remain the largest group, representing 79.2% of the total student population, with 8,511 students. Non-resident students, including international students, account for 7.6% of the student body, with 819 students, maintaining a steady presence over the past several years. The "Other Minority" category represents 13.2% of the total enrollment, with 1,423 students.
The dashboard also breaks down race and ethnicity by student level and gender. Among undergraduates, 89% are Hispanic, while 78.4% belong to “Other Minority”. At the graduate level, 62.9% of students are non-resident, and 21.6% are categorized under "Other Minority" and Hispanic with 11%. Gender distribution shows that Hispanic females constitute 81.9% of the total female enrollment, while Hispanic males make up 75.1% of the male population. The race/ethnicity enrollment trends from the past five years indicate a gradual decrease in the percentage of Hispanic students, from 80.7% in Fall 2019 to 79.2% in Fall 2023, while the proportion of students in the "Other Minority" category has seen a slight increase during the same period.
The dashboard allows filtering by semester, college, class, student level, and degree-seeking status.
Student enrollment by student level
The dashboard presents a comprehensive analysis of student enrollment at New Mexico State University's Las Cruces Campus for Fall 2023, focusing on various aspects of student demographics by level. The pie chart shows that most of the students, 82%, are undergraduates, totaling 12,107 students, while graduate students comprise 18% of the population, with 2,666 students. The data also breaks down enrollment by race and ethnicity, showing that among undergraduates, Hispanic students make up the largest group with 7,575 students, followed by 3,038 White Non-Hispanic students. At the graduate level, there are 936 Hispanic students and 883 White Non-Hispanic students.
In degree-seeking status, the bar charts show that most undergraduate and graduate students are pursuing degrees, with 11,555 undergraduates and 2,616 graduate students identified as degree-seeking. A smaller number of students, 552 undergraduates and 50 graduates, are non-degree seeking. Over the past five years, the proportion of undergraduate students has remained stable, with a slight increase to 82% in Fall 2023, while the percentage of graduate students has correspondingly decreased to 18%.
Gender distribution shows that among undergraduates, 58.5% are female (7,085 students), and 41% are male (4,967 students). At the graduate level, females account for 58.4% (1,556 students), and males represent 40.8% (1,088 students).
The dashboard allows filtering by semester, college.
Student enrollment by gender
The dashboard provides a comprehensive analysis of student enrollment by gender at New Mexico State University's Las Cruces Campus for Fall 2023, offering detailed insights into how gender distribution intersects with numerous factors such as degree-seeking status, student level, full-time/part-time status, and race/ethnicity. In Fall 2023, females make up 59.1% of the student population, totaling 6,417 students, while males represent 40.5% with 4,394 students, and a small percentage (0.4%) of students, or 41 individuals, did not report their gender. The majority of both male and female students are degree-seeking, with 96.3% of males and 95.6% of females pursuing degrees. At the undergraduate level, there are 7,085 female students compared to 4,967 male students, while among graduate students, females account for 1,556 students, and males comprise 1,058 students. Most students, regardless of gender, are enrolled full-time, with 6,583 females and 4,657 males attending full-time, and 2,058 females and 1,398 males enrolled part-time.
Over the past five years, the proportion of female students has remained stable, increasing slightly to 58.5% in Fall 2023, while the proportion of male students has seen a slight decrease to 41.0%. Additionally, the dashboard shows that within the Hispanic student population, there is a significant gender gap, with 5,221 females compared to 3,261 males. Similar trends are observed among non-resident students and those classified as "Other Minority," where females also outnumber males.
The dashboard allows filtering by semester, college, and class.
Student Enrollment by Class.
The dashboard provides a detailed overview of student enrollment by class at New Mexico State University's Las Cruces Campus for Fall 2023, offering insights into the distribution of students across different academic levels, including freshmen, sophomores, juniors, seniors, and various graduate levels. The data shows that seniors constitute the largest group, representing 30.3% of the total enrollment, followed by juniors at 16.2%, and freshmen at 18.1%. Sophomores make up 14.8% of the student body, while graduate students are distributed among Master's, Doctoral, and other advanced programs.
The breakdown by full-time/part-time status indicates that the majority of students are enrolled full-time, with 77.7% of the total student population attending full-time, while 22.3% are part-time. In terms of degree-seeking status, all students are degree-seeking, with 95.9% of the total enrollment falling into this category. The class trends over the past five years show a consistent distribution of students across the different class levels, with seniors consistently making up the largest portion of the student body. Gender distribution across classes reveals that female students are the majority in most categories, particularly among seniors, where they make up 58.4% of the class. This pattern is also observed in other categories, such as Master's and Educational Specialist programs, where female representation is significantly higher.
The dashboard allows filtering by semester, college.
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