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 | |
| 2021 | 142 | 32.2 | 448 | |||||||||
| 2020 | 153 | 34.5 | 450 | |||||||||
| 2019 | 143 | 32.5 | 447 | |||||||||
| 2018 | 133 | 31.6 | 428 | |||||||||
| 2017 | 152 | 36.3 | 425 | |||||||||
| 2016 | 155 | 36.5 | 430 | |||||||||
| 2015 | 136 | 32.4 | 426 | |||||||||
| 2014 | 139 | 33.4 | 422 | |||||||||
| 2013 | 129 | 31.5 | 417 | |||||||||
| 2012 | 146 | 35.9 | 412 | |||||||||
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 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 105 | 101 | 107 | 118 | 95 | 97 | 116 | 109 | 122 | 92 |
| Science and engineering | 78 | 50 | 74 | 74 | 64 | 68 | 78 | 69 | 80 | 65 |
| Science | 46 | 36 | 53 | 56 | 37 | 44 | 54 | 49 | 65 | 55 |
| Life science | 19 | 16 | 15 | 24 | 12 | 19 | 22 | 18 | 31 | 25 |
| Agricultural sciences | 11 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
| Biological sciences | 8 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 10 |
| Health sciences | . | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Physical sciences and earth sciences | 13 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 16 | 12 |
| Chemistry | 5 | . | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . |
| Physics and astronomy | 5 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 8 |
| Mathematics and computer sciences | 7 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 9 |
| Computer sciences | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| Mathematics | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 7 |
| Psychology and social sciences | 7 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 9 |
| Psychology | 7 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 8 |
| Other social sciences | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 |
| Engineering | 32 | 14 | 21 | 18 | 27 | 24 | 24 | 20 | 15 | 10 |
| Aeronautical/astronautical engineering | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | . |
| Biological/biomedical sciences | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Chemical engineering | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | . | . |
| Civil engineering | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | . | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Electrical engineering | 6 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| Industrial engineering | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | . | 1 |
| Materials/metallurgical engineering | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
| Mechanical engineering | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | . | 5 | 4 |
| Other engineering | 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | . |
| Non-science and engineering | 27 | 51 | 33 | 44 | 31 | 29 | 38 | 40 | 42 | 27 |
| Education | 21 | 40 | 23 | 30 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 29 | 31 | 22 |
| Education administration | 11 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 4 |
| Education research | 8 | 27 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 17 |
| Teacher education | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . |
| Teaching fields | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | . |
| Other education | . | . | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | 1 | . | . | 1 |
| Humanities | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Letters | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Other | 5 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | . | 9 | 10 | 8 | 3 |
| Business management/administration | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | . | 7 | 9 | 8 | 3 |
| Communication | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | . | . |
| Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 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
