New Mexico State U., Las Cruces
Rankings
| Data year | Earned doctorates | Full-time graduate students | Total R&D expenditures | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | |
| 2024 | 172 | 63 | 459 | |||||||||
| 2023 | 168 | 63.9 | 459 | |||||||||
| 2022 | 139 | 70 | 457 | |||||||||
| 2021 | 142 | 68.7 | 447 | |||||||||
| 2020 | 153 | 66.5 | 450 | |||||||||
| 2019 | 143 | 68.5 | 447 | |||||||||
| 2018 | 133 | 69.4 | 428 | |||||||||
| 2017 | 152 | 64.7 | 425 | |||||||||
| 2016 | 155 | 64.5 | 430 | |||||||||
| 2015 | 136 | 68.6 | 426 | |||||||||
| 2014 | ||||||||||||
NOTES:
- 1. See TableBuilder for the prior year data.
- 2. Blank white cells indicate data not available, not applicable, or institution not eligible for survey.
- 3. Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.
Data
| Fields | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 80 | 82 | 112 | 105 | 101 | 107 | 118 | 95 | 97 | 116 |
| Science and engineering | 50 | 64 | 81 | 78 | 50 | 74 | 74 | 64 | 68 | 78 |
| Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 3 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| Agricultural sciences | 2 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Natural resources and conservation | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | 2 |
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 5 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 10 |
| Biochemistry and biophysics | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | . | 3 | . | . | 1 | 2 |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, general | . | . | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | . | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 | . |
| Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | . | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | . | . | 1 |
| Genetics and genomics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Microbiology and immunology | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 3 | 1 | . |
| Molecular biology | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | . | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| Neurobiology and neurosciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . |
| Biology and biomedical sciences, other | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 2 | 2 | . |
| Computer and information sciences | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Computer science | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Computer and information sciences, other | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . |
| Engineering | 19 | 20 | 24 | 32 | 14 | 21 | 18 | 27 | 24 | 24 |
| Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 |
| Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Chemical and petroleum engineering | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 6 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| Electrical and computer engineering | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 |
| Industrial engineering and operations research | 1 | . | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| Materials and mining engineering | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . |
| Mechanical engineering | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Engineering, other | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | . |
| Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | . |
| Geological sciences | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . |
| Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | . | 2 | 1 | . | . |
| Health sciences | 3 | 1 | 1 | . | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Nursing science | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Health sciences, other | 3 | . | 1 | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Mathematics and statistics | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| Applied mathematics | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 2 | . | . | 1 |
| Mathematics | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Statistics | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . |
| Mathematics and statistics, other | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | . | 1 | . | 3 |
| Physical sciences | 8 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 16 |
| Astronomy and astrophysics | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| Chemistry | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | . | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Physics | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| Psychology | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| Clinical psychology | . | 2 | . | . | . | 2 | 4 | . | 1 | . |
| Counseling and applied psychology | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Research and experimental psychology | . | . | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | . | 1 | 1 |
| Psychology, other | 1 | . | . | . | 2 | 2 | . | 3 | . | 1 |
| Social sciences | 1 | . | 3 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Economics | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Social sciences, other | . | . | 3 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Non-science and engineering | 30 | 18 | 31 | 27 | 51 | 33 | 44 | 31 | 29 | 38 |
| Business | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | . | 7 |
| Business | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | . | 7 |
| Education | 22 | 14 | 26 | 21 | 40 | 23 | 30 | 24 | 24 | 24 |
| Education leadership and administration | 8 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| Education research | 12 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 27 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 15 |
| Teacher education and teaching fields | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Education, other | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | 1 |
| Humanities and arts | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Letters | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Other non-science and engineering | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | 2 |
| Communication | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 |
| Non-science and engineering, other | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | . |
NOTE:
- . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Earned Doctorates
