About New Mexico State University New Mexico State University An Overview of NMSU History New Mexico's land-grant university, founded in 1888 as Las Cruces College, was among the first institutions of higher education in the New Mexico Territory. Accreditation North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools and appropriate professional accreditation. Location Las Cruces, New Mexico, a fast growing city of about 70,000. The state's second largest city, Las Cruces offers many of the advantages of city life combined with country-type ambience.
Many people consider the climate ideal far year-round living.
Programs 75 undergraduate fields of study. Colleges Agriculture and Home Economics, Arts and Sciences, Business Administration and Economics, Education, Engineering, Human and Community Services. Library NMSU's two libraries house some 925,000 volumes and 7,000 periodicals. Research NMSU is one of the top research universities in the nation as designated by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Your Professors at NMSU are likely to be actively engaged in research in their fields, bringing a sharper focus and more expertise to their teaching.