New Mexico State University, or NMSU, is a major land-grant university in New Mexico, with campuses in Alamogordo, Carlsbad, Doña Ana County (several campuses of Doña Ana Community College), Grants and Las Cruces and with extension and research centers across New Mexico. The school was founded in 1888 as the Las Cruces College, an agricultural college, and in 1889 the school became "New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts." It receive...
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New Mexico State University, or NMSU, is a major land-grant university in New Mexico, with campuses in Alamogordo, Carlsbad, Doña Ana County (several campuses of Doña Ana Community College), Grants and Las Cruces and with extension and research centers across New Mexico. The school was founded in 1888 as the Las Cruces College, an agricultural college, and in 1889 the school became "New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts." It received its present name, New Mexico State University in 1960. NMSU has approximately 17,000 students enrolled as of Fall 2008, and has a faculty-to-student ratio of about 1 to 19. NMSU offers a wide range of programs and awards associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees through its main campus and four community colleges. For 10 consecutive years, NMSU has been rated as one of America's 100 Best College Buys for offering "the very highest quality education at the lowest cost" by Institutional Research & Evaluation Inc., an independent...
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