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College of Engineering Quick Facts

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    • The NMSU College of Engineering is the largest and the oldest in New Mexico, having operated for 118 years.
    • The NMSU College of Engineering offers 10 engineering degree-granting programs.
    • The NMSU College of Engineering is the only school in New Mexico to offer degrees in aerospace engineering, surveying engineering, industrial engineering and engineering physics.
    • All of the lecture-based classes in the College of Engineering courses at NMSU are taught by regular faculty members with a 20 to 1 student to faculty ratio.
    • Has nationally recognized students, including:
        1. One Marshall Scholar
        2. Four Goldwater scholars over the past three years.
    • The NMSU College of Engineering is ranked 13th by the National Science Foundation for federally-funded engineering research.
    • The NMSU College of Engineering is a recognized leader in the engineering disciplines of aerospace, energy, water, information sciences, and transportation.
    • The civil engineering Bridge Inspection Program at NMSU has researched techniques to solve technological problems with bridge systems for more than 35 years.
    • The College of Engineering at NMSU was selected to be the first Telemetering Center of Excellence in the United States by the International Foundation for Telemetering.
    • The Information and Communication Technology program was launched during 2004 and has become one of the fastest growing fields of study at NMSU.
    • The mechanical engineering department at NMSU has been offering degrees for more than 100 years.
    • The College of Engineering at NMSU is ranked 5th nationally for granting engineering degrees to Hispanic students with a Hispanic student population of 41 percent.
    • The College of Engineering at NMSU is ranked in the top 10 in the nation for the number of engineering degrees awarded to Hispanic by the American Society for Engineering Education.
    • The College of Engineering at NMSU is ranked 6th nationally for granting engineering degrees to Native American students.