Lower division courses have increased from 89 in 1967 to more than 600 each semester. Upper division courses offered through the Portales campus have also grown from just 11 in 1967 to more than 50 per semester. The campus features modern classrooms and labs. It has a Performing Arts Center, Learning Resource Center, Career Resource Center, Physical Education Center, Child Development Center and a hangar for the Aviation program. Features include telephone connections, free basic cable television, and laundry facilities.
Tuition is very reasonable.
A full range of counseling and advising services are available, in addition to a program for students with disabilities. Located six miles south of downtown Roswell, a city of 48,000, many amenities are available. It has five Museums, a zoo, a Symphony Orchestra, a Community Little Theater, varied shops, eight theaters, a mall about four miles north of downtown, grocery stores, drug stores and many restaurants as well as fast food eateries. The medical facilities include Eastern New Mexico Medical Center Hospital and many doctors, dentists and other health care specialists.