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