NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY-ALAMOGORDO K-7

2400 North Scenic Dr.
Alamogordo, NM 88311-0477
Tel: (505)439-3600
Admissions: (505)439-3700
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://alamo.nmsu.edu/

Description:

State-supported, 2-year, coed. Part of New Mexico State University System. Awards certificates, transfer associate, and terminal associate degrees. Founded 1958. Setting: 540-acre small town campus. Educational spending 2003-04: $2772 per student. Total enrollment: 1,839. 330 applied, 100% were admitted. Full-time: 684 students, 65% women, 35% men. Part-time: 1,155 students, 64% women, 36% men. Students come from 5 other countries, 70% 25 or older, 14% transferred in. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, self-designed majors, honors program, distance learning, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, internships. Off campus study at other branches of New Mexico State University.

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission except for medical laboratory technology, nursing programs. Options: Common Application, electronic application, early admission, deferred admission. Required: high school transcript, minimum 2.0 high school GPA. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $15. Area resident tuition: $1080 full-time, $45 per semester hour part-time. State resident tuition: $1200 full-time, $50 per semester hour part-time. Nonresident tuition: $3960 full-time, $165 per semester hour part-time.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group. Social organizations: 12 open to all. Most popular organizations: Social Science Club, Phi Theta Kappa, Student/NEA, Christian Fellowship, Epsilon Tau Sigma. Student services: personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices. College housing not available. David H. Townsend Library with 39,000 books, 350 serials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $274,000. 200 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from off-campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.