Unofficial enrollment numbers for the New Mexico State University system show an increase of more than 4% systemwide over last fall, continuing a 3-year upward trend driven by the increased availability of Lottery and Opportunity scholarships and double-digit growth from NMSU Global.
While enrollment data is still being finalized and is subject to change, preliminary data from the university’s fall census date of Sept. 6 shows a systemwide headcount for fall 2024 of 22,751 – a 4.2% increase over fall 2023.
Including NMSU Global, the university’s fully online campus, the unduplicated headcount for NMSU’s Las Cruces campus includes 15,417 undergraduate and graduate students, an increase of 4.2% over fall 2023. Undergraduate continuing student enrollment is up another 3.6% this fall, at 8,196 students. First-time freshman enrollment remained steady, with more than 2,400 new students in this year’s cohort.
Renay Scott, vice president of Student Success, said the university system’s continued investment in support programs like the Aggie Launch Pad, which provides students with a laptop and additional digital literacy training and workshops, and NMSU’s Student Success Center, which provides tutoring and mentoring services, financial literacy programming, career development, graduate school planning, and support for first-generation college students, are helping those students persist and achieve their goal of earning a degree.
“While we are excited to have students join us for the first time each fall, we remain committed to help all students be successful by providing the support and experience they need until they reach the finish line of earning their degree,” Scott said.
