Prospective Students

Graduate Students

Graduate School Awards

The Graduate School at NMSU offers several different scholarship/award opportunities to newly admitted graduate students:

• Graduate Assistant Tuition Fellowships: This fellowship is for newly admitted graduate students, with at least a 3.5 GPA, who have been awarded an assistantship within their department. It pays for full time tuition, up to 9 credits, and supports master's students for two years and doctoral students for 3 years.

• New Mexico Higher Education Department Graduate Assistantships: This assistantship is for newly admitted graduate students, with at least a 3.0 GPA, who have been awarded an assistantship within their department. This award gives $7,200 towards a 20 hour assistantship, and priority is given to minority students who demonstrate financial need.

• Diversity Assistantships: This assistantship is for newly admitted graduate students who bring uniqueness to their department. The assistantship is for one year of support, with a matching year of support from your department. 

• McNair Graduate Assistantships: This assistantship is for newly admitted graduate students, with at least a 3.3 GPA, who were McNair Scholars as undergraduates. This assistantship provides one year of funding, with a matching year from your department.

To learn more about these awards, and to see the complete list of awards given by the Graduate School, please visit their Award Announcements webpage.

For information on additional sources of funding for graduate students, please see the Graduate School’s Fellowships and Grants webpage.