Secondary Education at New Mexico State University - Main Campus

What traits are you looking for in a secondary teaching school? To help you decide if New Mexico State University - Main Campus is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's secondary teaching program.

NMSU Main Campus is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico and approximately 14,227 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 17 students received a bachelor's degree in secondary teaching from NMSU Main Campus.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Secondary Education section at the bottom of this page.

NMSU Main Campus Secondary Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Secondary Teaching

NMSU Main Campus Secondary Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks secondary teaching programs across the country. The following shows how NMSU Main Campus performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The secondary teaching major at NMSU Main Campus is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Secondary Education. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	61
Best Value Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	83
Most Popular Secondary Education Schools	155
	167
Best Secondary Education Schools	261
	335
Most Focused Secondary Education Schools	335

Secondary Teaching Student Demographics at NMSU Main Campus

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the secondary teaching majors at New Mexico State University - Main Campus.

NMSU Main Campus Secondary Education Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 17 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in secondary teaching from NMSU Main Campus. About 29% were men and 71% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 33% more racial-ethnic minorities in its secondary teaching bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from New Mexico State University - Main Campus with a bachelor's in secondary teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

NMSU Main Campus also has a doctoral program available in secondary teaching. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Teacher Development & Methodology
• Early Childhood Education
• Elementary Education

Careers That Secondary Teaching Grads May Go Into

A degree in secondary teaching can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NM, the home state for New Mexico State University - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in NM	Average Salary in NM
High School Teachers	7,010	$55,380

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By AllenS under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.