Editing Las Cruces, New Mexico (section)

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[[File:NMSU Skeen Hall 2008.jpg|right|thumb|Las Cruces hosts the main campus of the [[New Mexico State University]].]]

New Mexico State University (NMSU) is a land-grant university that has its main campus in Las Cruces.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.nmsu.edu |title=New Mexico State University |publisher=Nmsu.edu |access-date=November 12, 2010}}</ref> The school was founded in 1888 as Las Cruces College, an agricultural college, and in 1889, the school became New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. It received its present name, New Mexico State University, in 1960. The NMSU Las Cruces campus had about 18,500 students enrolled as of fall 2012, and had a faculty-to-student ratio of about one to 19. NMSU offers a wide range of programs, and awards associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees through its main campus and four community colleges. For 10 consecutive years, NMSU has been rated as one of America's 100 Best College Buys for offering "the very highest quality education at the lowest cost" by Institutional Research & Evaluation Inc., an independent research and consulting organization for higher education. NMSU is one of only two land-grant institutions classified as Hispanic-serving by the federal government. The university is home to New Mexico's NASA Space Grant Program and is one of 52 institutions in the United States to be designated a Space Grant College. During its most recent review by NASA, NMSU was one of only 12 space grant programs in the country to receive an excellent rating.
[[File:Burrell College on NMSU's campus (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|[[Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine]]]]
[[Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine|The Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine]] (BCOM), a private osteopathic medical school, opened on the campus of NMSU in 2013. The first class began instruction in August 2016.

Doña Ana Community College is a branch of New Mexico State University. When it first opened in 1973, it had 500 students in six programs.<ref name=NMSULIB>{{cite web| title=Doña Ana Community College Self-Study February 2008| url=http://lib.nmsu.edu/accreditation/ss/dacc/DACC_SelfStudy2008.pdf| work=University Accreditation| publisher=NMSU Board of Regents| access-date=23 July 2012}}</ref> In the 2015–2016 school year, there were 4,997 full-time equivalent credit enrollments and 4,246 non-credit students, served by 136 full-time faculty, 401 part-time instructors, together with 225 full-time staff and 55 part-time staff.<ref name="DACC">{{cite web|url=https://dacc.nmsu.edu/iep/wp-content/uploads/sites/101/2017/08/DACC-2017-Factbook-v1.pdf|title=2017-2018 Factbook|publisher=Doña Ana Community College|access-date=April 5, 2019}}</ref>

DACC operates centers in Anthony, Sunland Park, Chaparral, and White Sands Missile Range.<ref name="DACC Org Chart">{{cite web| title=Doña Ana Community College Organizational Chart January 2011| url=http://dabcc.nmsu.edu/us/DACC-Org-Chart-2011.pdf| access-date=23 July 2012| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120731074021/http://dabcc.nmsu.edu/us/DACC-Org-Chart-2011.pdf| archive-date=31 July 2012}}</ref> In Las Cruces, its central campus is at 3400 S. Espina Street, and its East Mesa campus is at 2800 Sonoma Ranch Boulevard. Community Education is available at all centers and campuses and also in Las Cruces at the Mesquite Neighborhood Learning Center at 804 N. Tornillo, and Workforce Center at 2345 E. Nevada Street.<ref name=DACCFacilites>{{cite web| title=Campuses and Facilities| url=http://dacc.nmsu.edu/us/facilities.shtm/| publisher=Doña Ana Community College| access-date=23 July 2012| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702203518/http://dacc.nmsu.edu/us/facilities.shtm| archive-date=2 July 2012}}</ref>