page_title: New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
section_title: Research and teaching
hierarchical_section_title: New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology / Research and teaching
caption_attribution_description: The Very Large Array at Socorro, New Mexico, United States.
context_page_description: The New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology is a public university in Socorro, New Mexico.
  New Mexico Tech offers over 30 bachelor of science degrees in technology, the sciences, engineering, management, and technical communication, as well as graduate degrees at the masters and doctoral levels. According to Newsweek in 2010, New Mexico Tech was considered one of the best small science and engineering schools in North America. A National Science Foundation study of Baccalaureate Origins of S&E Doctorate Recipients in the United States ranked New Mexico Tech as 15th in the nation, as well as the number-one ranked public institution.
context_section_description: New Mexico Tech's well-known areas of research and teaching include hydrology, astrophysics, atmospheric physics, geophysics, information technology, information security, Earth Science, energetic materials engineering, and petroleum recovery.
  Federal funding from the Department of Homeland Security and other sources has fostered significant training and research programs in this area (even going so far as to allow the university to purchase Playas, New Mexico, a former company town, as a field site).
  Because of its especially strong research programs, the school offers numerous scholarships and unique research opportunities for students at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, with a very high professor to student ratio of approximately one professor per twelve students. In addition to its strong focus on science and technology, New Mexico Tech has had significant growth in the humanities and social sciences. Minors are now available in history, Latin American studies, and philosophy, as well as in science and engineering fields.
caption: The Very Large Array (VLA): a 27-dish interferometer 60 miles (97 km) west of Socorro, with headquarters on the New Mexico Tech campus.
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