SW New Mexico News

About 15.5 percent of the 3,404 degrees and certificates handed out by New Mexico State University-Main Campus in 2017-18 were to students in business, management, marketing, and related support services programs, making them the most popular programs that year, according to the latest disclosure from the U.S. Department of Education.

The agency's National Center for Education Statistics shows the public institution in Cruces conferred 422 bachelor's degrees and 80 master's degrees in business, management, marketing, and related support services programs.

But the single most popular program was for a bachelor's degree in liberal arts and sciences/liberal studies. Data shows the school gave out 164 bachelor's degrees in liberal arts and sciences/liberal studies, followed by 155 bachelor's degrees in registered nursing/registered nurse and 150 bachelor's degrees in criminal justice/safety studies.

The university enrolled 14,289 students for 2017-18, including 11,687 in undergraduate programs and 2,602 in graduate programs.

Program	Bachelor's degrees awarded	Associates degrees	Graduate and professional degrees awarded	Certificates awarded	Total degrees and certificates awarded	Percent of total
Business Administration and Management, General	69	-	60	-	129
Business/Commerce, General	79	20	-	-	99
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	96	-	-	-	96
Accounting	55	-	26	-	81
Finance, General	65	-	-	-	65
Hospitality Administration/Management, General	50	-	-	-	50
International Business/Trade/Commerce	8	-	-	-	8
Financial Planning and Services	-	-	-	1	1
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services total	422	20	86	1	529	15.5
Mechanical Engineering	108	-	13	-	121
Industrial Engineering	48	-	47	-	95
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	49	-	26	-	75
Civil Engineering, General	36	-	16	-	52
Chemical Engineering	35	-	5	-	40
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering	27	-	1	-	28
Engineering, General	-	-	18	-	18
Engineering Physics/Applied Physics	8	-	-	-	8
Systems Engineering	-	-	-	8	8
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	-	-	6	-	6
Geological/Geophysical Engineering	-	-	-	-	-
Engineering total	311	-	132	8	451	13.2
Education, General	-	-	75	-	75
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Speech or Language Impairments	58	-	15	-	73
Elementary Education and Teaching	44	-	-	-	44
Educational Leadership and Administration, General	-	-	42	-	42
Special Education and Teaching, General	6	-	19	-	25
Agricultural Teacher Education	10	-	13	-	23
Curriculum and Instruction	-	-	20	1	21
Secondary Education and Teaching	15	-	-	-	15
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	13	-	-	-	13
Music Teacher Education	12	-	-	-	12
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	-	-	7	-	7
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Other	-	-	-	5	5
Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education	3	-	-	-	3
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Autism	-	-	-	2	2
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching	-	-	-	-	-
Education total	161	-	191	8	360	10.6
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	155	-	3	-	158
Public Health Education and Promotion	28	-	25	-	53
Dietetics/Dietitian	32	-	-	-	32
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor	-	-	14	-	14
Nursing Practice	-	-	12	-	12
Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling	11	-	-	-	11
Athletic Training/Trainer	10	-	-	-	10
Nursing Science	-	-	9	-	9
Public Health, General	-	-	-	4	4
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	-	-	-	2	2
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	-	-	-	1	1
Environmental Health	-	-	-	-	-
Health Professions and Related Programs total	236	-	63	7	306	9
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	164	-	-	-	164
General Studies	-	-	2	-	2
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities total	164	-	2	-	166	4.9
Sociology	32	-	14	-	46
Political Science and Government, General	33	-	4	-	37
Anthropology	13	-	9	-	22
Economics, General	14	-	7	-	21
Applied Economics	-	-	-	17	17
Geography	9	-	6	-	15
Development Economics and International Development	-	-	5	-	5
Social Sciences total	101	-	45	17	163	4.8
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	150	-	12	-	162
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services total	150	-	12	-	162	4.8
Biology/Biological Sciences, General	75	-	17	-	92
Biochemistry	14	-	-	-	14
Plant Pathology/Phytopathology	-	-	10	-	10
Genetics, General	8	-	-	-	8
Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology	8	-	-	-	8
Molecular Biology	-	-	5	-	5
Ecology	4	-	-	-	4
Bioinformatics	-	-	2	-	2
Biological And Biomedical Sciences total	109	-	34	-	143	4.2
Animal Sciences, General	39	-	8	-	47
Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations	30	-	-	-	30
Horticultural Science	14	-	3	-	17
Agronomy and Crop Science	9	-	7	-	16
Agriculture, General	11	-	1	-	12
Range Science and Management	6	-	4	-	10
Agricultural and Extension Education Services	2	-	-	-	2
Agricultural Economics	-	-	1	-	1
Food Technology and Processing	1	-	-	-	1
Soil Science and Agronomy, General	1	-	-	-	1
Turf and Turfgrass Management	1	-	-	-	1
Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, and Related Sciences total	114	-	24	-	138	4
Social Work	54	-	50	-	104
Public Administration	-	-	7	-	7
Community Organization and Advocacy	-	-	-	-	-
Public Administration and Social Service Professions total	54	-	57	-	111	3.3
Psychology, General	86	-	7	-	93
School Psychology	-	-	-	6	6
Psychopharmacology	-	-	5	-	5
Psychology total	86	-	12	6	104	3.1
Cinematography and Film/Video Production	41	-	-	-	41
Visual and Performing Arts, General	27	-	1	-	28
Music Performance, General	5	-	6	-	11
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General	10	-	-	-	10
Fine/Studio Arts, General	-	-	7	-	7
Dance, General	3	-	-	-	3
Visual and Performing Arts total	86	-	14	-	100	2.9
Foreign Languages and Literatures, General	64	-	-	-	64
Spanish Language and Literature	-	-	33	-	33
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics total	64	-	33	-	97	2.8
Computer and Information Sciences, General	33	-	18	-	51
Information Technology	39	-	-	-	39
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services total	72	-	18	-	90	2.6
Geology/Earth Science, General	16	-	5	-	21
Physics, General	7	-	12	-	19
Chemistry, General	12	-	7	-	19
Astronomy	-	-	11	-	11
Hydrology and Water Resources Science	-	-	7	-	7
Physical Sciences total	35	-	42	-	77	2.3
English Language and Literature, General	31	-	5	-	36
Rhetoric and Composition	16	-	6	-	22
Creative Writing	-	-	8	-	8
English Language and Literature/Letters, Other	-	-	6	-	6
English Language and Literature/Letters total	47	-	25	-	72	2.1
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	63	-	-	-	63
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies total	63	-	-	-	63	1.8
Human Development and Family Studies, General	23	-	-	-	23
Family Resource Management Studies, General	-	-	17	-	17
Apparel and Textiles, General	15	-	-	-	15
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences total	38	-	17	-	55	1.6
Journalism	50	-	-	-	50
Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs total	50	-	-	-	50	1.5
Engineering Technology, General	46	-	-	-	46
Surveying Technology/Surveying	1	-	-	-	1
Engineering Technology and Engineering-Related Fields total	47	-	-	-	47	1.4
Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects	31	-	-	-	31
Communication Technologies/Technicians and Support Services total	31	-	-	-	31	0.9
Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management	20	-	6	-	26
Environmental Studies	2	-	-	-	2
Natural Resource Economics	1	-	-	-	1
Natural Resources and Conservation total	23	-	6	-	29	0.8
History, General	20	-	8	-	28
History total	20	-	8	-	28	0.8
Mathematics, General	4	-	11	-	15
Statistics, General	-	-	5	-	5
Mathematics and Statistics total	4	-	16	-	20	0.6
Museology/Museum Studies	-	-	-	3	3
Cultural Resource Management and Policy Analysis	-	-	-	3	3
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies total	-	-	-	6	6	0.2
Philosophy	6	-	-	-	6
Philosophy and Religious Studies total	6	-	-	-	6	0.2
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning	-	-	-	-	-
Architecture and Related Services total	-	-	-	-	-	-
Women's Studies	-	-	-	-	-
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender and Group Studies total	-	-	-	-	-	-