New Mexico State U., Las Cruces

Rankings
Data year | Earned doctorates | Full-time graduate students | Total R&D expenditures | |||||||||
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Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | Rank | Percentile | Institutions ranked | |
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 | 139 | 67.6 | 422 |
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 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All fields | 82 | 112 | 105 | 101 | 107 | 118 | 95 | 97 | 116 | 109 |
Science and engineering | 64 | 81 | 78 | 50 | 74 | 74 | 64 | 68 | 78 | 69 |
Agricultural sciences and natural resources | 12 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 |
Agricultural sciences | 10 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
Natural resources and conservation | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Biological and biomedical sciences | 8 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 7 |
Biochemistry and biophysics | 1 | 3 | 1 | . | 3 | . | . | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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 | . | 1 |
Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | . | . | 1 | . |
Genetics and genomics | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Microbiology and immunology | 1 | 1 | . | . | . | . | 3 | 1 | . | 2 |
Molecular biology | 2 | 4 | 2 | . | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
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 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
Computer science | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
Computer and information sciences, other | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 2 |
Engineering | 20 | 24 | 32 | 14 | 21 | 18 | 27 | 24 | 24 | 20 |
Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . |
Chemical and petroleum engineering | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
Electrical and computer engineering | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 9 |
Industrial engineering and operations research | . | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
Materials and mining engineering | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | 1 |
Mechanical engineering | 5 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | . |
Engineering, other | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 |
Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | . | . |
Geological sciences | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . |
Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | . | 2 | 1 | . | . | . |
Health sciences | 1 | 1 | . | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
Nursing science | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
Health sciences, other | . | 1 | . | 2 | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
Applied mathematics | . | . | 1 | . | . | 2 | . | . | 1 | . |
Mathematics | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
Statistics | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . |
Mathematics and statistics, other | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | . | 1 | . | 3 | . |
Physical sciences | 12 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 8 |
Astronomy and astrophysics | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 |
Chemistry | 5 | 3 | 5 | . | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
Physics | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
Psychology | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 15 |
Clinical psychology | 2 | . | . | . | 2 | 4 | . | 1 | . | . |
Counseling and applied psychology | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
Research and experimental psychology | . | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | . | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Psychology, other | . | . | . | 2 | 2 | . | 3 | . | 1 | 2 |
Social sciences | . | 3 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Social sciences, other | . | 3 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . |
Non-science and engineering | 18 | 31 | 27 | 51 | 33 | 44 | 31 | 29 | 38 | 40 |
Business | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | . | 7 | 9 |
Business | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | . | 7 | 9 |
Education | 14 | 26 | 21 | 40 | 23 | 30 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 29 |
Education leadership and administration | 2 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
Education research | 9 | 11 | 8 | 27 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 15 | 18 |
Teacher education and teaching fields | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
Education, other | . | 1 | . | . | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | 1 | . |
Humanities and arts | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
Letters | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
Other non-science and engineering | . | 1 | 1 | . | . | 1 | . | . | 2 | 1 |
Communication | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 |
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