Resources for Graduate Students

This page includes a list of useful resources for helping you navigate this campus, plan your degree, find research opportunities, and find funding. Please send us an e-mail or come visit us in person for advice about how to make the most of your education!

Prospective Graduate Students

• Campus Housing
• Cost of Attendance
• Residency
• Campus Map
• Campus Parking
• Las Cruces Information and Relocation

Current Graduate Students

Funding Sources

• NMSU Financial Aid
• NMSU Graduate School Awards and Funding
• Graduate Assistant Resources
• Associated Students of New Mexico State University (ASNMSU) Professional Development Funds
• NMSU Graduate Student Council
• College of Arts and Sciences travel scholarships
• National Science Foundation
• The Smithsonian Institute
• SAA Scholarships. The Society for American Archaeology offers several scholarships, including one that is available only to women who are New Mexico residents studying archaeology at NMSU, UNM, or ENMU (Cheryl L. Wase Memorial Scholarship for the Study of Archaeology). Many of these awards have gone to NMSU undergraduate women. If you qualify, apply!
• Black Trowel Collective microgrants (for archaeology students)
• Archaeological Society of New Mexico
• Fulbright Scholar Program

Professional Societies

• American Anthropological Association (AAA)
• Society for American Archaeology
• Society for Historical Archaeology
• American Association of Biological Anthropologists
• Society for Medical Anthropology
• Society for Applied Anthropology
• Consortium of Practicing & Applied Anthropology