Discounts for military students:
All active duty servicemembers stationed at any military installation in New Mexico are considered for In-State Tuition. All veterans and their family members, regardless of where they live, are entitled to In-State Tuition when using their GI Bill benefits
School policy on involuntary activation for military service:
NMSU is a Military-Friendly University. We are flexible, work with the Soldier/Servicemember and embrace the concept of - Soldiers/Servicemembers First! All campuses at NMSU, Las Cruces, DACC, NMSU-Carlsbad, NMSU-Grants and NMSU-Alamogordo, work together to support the war effort, to support servicemembers world-wide. One University, One Fight!
Noteworthy awards or recognition school has received:
Honorable Ken Miyagishima, Mayor, City of Las Cruces Letter of Recognition for Serving Active Duty Servicemembers and Veterans, dated March 30, 2009
Open Recognition by Garrison Commander, Fort Bliss, for outstanding educational services at Fort Bliss
New Mexico Department of Veterans Services $5000 Grant Award and Partnership with NMSU
NMSU is one of three semifinalists for the 2009 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award: Nominated for outstanding service to Servicemembers, Veterans and Families Education Summit. The award is the U.S. government’s highest recognition given to employers for exceptional support of their employees serving in the Guard and Reserve. NMSU was selected from more than 3,200 nominations submitted by National Guard and Reserve members.
Why school is an excellent choice for military members and their families:
There are 77 undergraduate areas of study and 77-graduate. NMSU consistently is listed as one of America’s 100 Best College Buys® (Institutional Research & Evaluation, Inc.) for offering “the very highest quality education at the lowest cost,” a distinction NMSU has garnered for nine consecutive years. (Self-Study, 2008:11) NMSU is regionally accredited, a member of Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges and a participant in GoArmyEd.
The NMSU System Las Cruces campus grants bachelor, master, doctoral and graduate certificates and there are associate degree granting community colleges in Las Cruces, Alamogordo, Carlsbad, and Grants. NMSU’s Albuquerque Center provides distance education programs. NMSU maintains on-base educational centers on Holloman Air Force Base (NMSU-Alamogordo), White Sands Missile Range (NMSU-Dona Ana), and Fort Bliss (NMSU System).
NMSU is actively engaged with students via various online means – e.g. twitter http://twitter.com/nmsu, the family member’s website http://families.nmsu.edu/, and NMSU’s Facebook http://www.facebook.com/newmexicostateuniversity. NMSU maintains and is working to improve webpages in the GoArmyEd system and in its own website http://extended.nmsu.edu/military/index.html.