New Mexico State University-Main Campus Scholarships and Merit Aid

Las Cruces, New Mexico

8 scholarships New Mexico State University-Main Campus publishes, each with the amount, what the school says it takes, and the sentence we read it in. This is what the school states, not a list of every award it offers.

11,561Undergraduates

76%Admit rate

Merit awarded on published numbers (7)

These are the awards the school ties to stated GPA and test bars. No separate application is listed for them.

Hadley Honors Scholarship

$4,000

Published requirement: 3.9 GPA (scale as the school published it)
Who it is for: In-state students
Renewable: Yes, per the school

$4,000 per academic year.admissions.nmsu.edu (read 2026-07-07)

Hadley Honors Out-of-State Scholarship

$4,000

Published requirement: 3.9 GPA (scale as the school published it)
Who it is for: Out-of-state students
Renewable: Yes, per the school

$4,000 per academic year.admissions.nmsu.edu (read 2026-07-07)

Crimson Success Scholarship

$3,000

Published requirement: 3.7 GPA (scale as the school published it)
Who it is for: In-state students
Renewable: Yes, per the school

$3,000 per academic year.admissions.nmsu.edu (read 2026-07-07)

Crimson Success Out-of-State Scholarship

$3,000

Published requirement: 3.7 GPA (scale as the school published it)
Who it is for: Out-of-state students
Renewable: Yes, per the school

$3,000 per academic year.admissions.nmsu.edu (read 2026-07-07)

1888 Leadership Scholarship

$2,000

Published requirement: 3.5 GPA (scale as the school published it)
Who it is for: In-state students
Renewable: Yes, per the school

$2,000 per academic year.admissions.nmsu.edu (read 2026-07-07)

1888 Leadership Out-of-State Scholarship

$2,000

Published requirement: 3.5 GPA (scale as the school published it)
Who it is for: Out-of-state students
Renewable: Yes, per the school

$2,000 per academic year.admissions.nmsu.edu (read 2026-07-07)

Out-of-State Competitive Tuition Discount

$18,326

Published requirement: 3.5 GPA (scale as the school published it) and 23 ACT, or 3.0 GPA (scale as the school published it) and 26 ACT
Who it is for: Out-of-state students
Renewable: Yes, per the school

$18,326 per academic year toward reducing non-resident tuition.admissions.nmsu.edu (read 2026-07-07)

Department awards open to incoming freshmen (1)

Run by a college or department, and published as open to students entering as freshmen.

J. H. and Helen Clements Agricultural Scholarship Fund

provide at leave 5 scholarships in the amount of $300 each to freshmen students in the College of Agriculture, Consumer, and Environmental Sciencesscholarships.nmsu.edu

Which of these a student actually clears depends on GPA, test score, home state, and major. A free Graidy account works that out award by award, and shows what is left to pay after it.

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What New Mexico State University-Main Campus costs

Cost of attendance as published: tuition, fees, housing, and food for one year. It is the sticker, before any of the awards above and before need-based aid.

$26,396In-state, per year

$44,722Out-of-state, per year

Where New Mexico State University-Main Campus lists its scholarships

Where this came from

https://admissions.nmsu.edu/cost-and-aid/scholarships.html (read 2026-07-07)
https://scholarships.nmsu.edu/ (read 2026-07-03)
https://scholarships.nmsu.edu/scholarshipDetails.php (read 2026-07-03)

Every amount on this page was read off a New Mexico State University-Main Campus page on the date shown. Schools change award tables, so check the school's page before you count on a number.