NM Education

NMSU, a Land-Grant University, was founded in 1888. Its main campus is in Las Cruces with several branches around the state. Total enrollment is over 27,000 on all campuses, and about 1700 faculty. There are 51 programs for graduate study, including an engineering and a business school. The school is a member of the Western Athletic Conference. Information about applying on the website

UNM is located in Albuquerque and was founded in 1889. 26,399 students are enrolled at UNM and the school is designated by the Carnegie Classification as a Doctoral/Research Extensive University. UNM has colleges of nursing, pharmacy, architecture, engineering, law, medicine and public administration that offer professional degrees. The school also has about 12,000 non-traditional students