Future Students & Families

Our award-winning faculty enjoy teaching and interacting with students. Pictured here is Pat Gavin (PGA GM Program Director) a recipient of the 2009 Donald C. Roush Excellence in Teaching Award. (photo by Darren Phillips)

Our college meets the rigorous accreditation standards of the AACSB International—The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.

Students and employers participate in the Career Connections career fair at Corbett Center. NMSU's Career Services is committed to assisting you with career planning, employment goals and providing you with the tools to launch your career. (photo by Darren Phillips)
Business Matters
There’s a business side to every occupation—arts and entertainment, health care, communications, education, aerospace, defense, sports, profit or non-profit, advertising, government, science…. They need people with degrees in accounting, economics, finance, information systems, international business, management, and marketing.
Learn about these programs:
We offer you many business degree choices along with double majors and minors that can enhance your professional marketability.
Study and practice the science of managerial leadership; the intricacies of computerized information systems; the best practices of entrepreneurship; and the finesse of supply chain management. Discover the art and science of managing money in finance, banking, and insurance. Learn the language of accounting and the international aspects of business. Find the creative connection between marketing and customers and explore the wide-ranging field of economics.
Come and learn what matters in business. Develop your knowledge, skills and abilities, explore the ethics, find the tools to succeed. Get help with financial aid and job networking, negotiation and placement.
Business matters…and so do you.
Who gets a business degree?
Self-starters… Go-getters…
Leaders and trailblazers.
People with a pioneer spirit.
People who like to help others.
Our graduates have made a difference in their communities, and even in the world.
They are people like our alumni….
Kevin Johnson
Kevin joined Juniper Networks in September of 2008 in the roles of CEO and member of the Board. Prior to Juniper, Johnson spent 16 years at Microsoft, most recently leading the Platforms & Services Division, an organization of over 14,000 employees with responsibility for product development, marketing and strategy for the Windows and Online Services businesses.
Julie Dill
Julie started as an entry level accountant fresh out of NMSU, eventually becoming the president of Union Gas, a natural gas company based in Ontario, Canada with 1.3 million customers. She’s been named one of the top 50 Women in Energy by Commodities Now magazine.
Joseph Semprevivo
Joseph has been an innovator since childhood. Diagnosed with diabetes at age nine, at age 12 he developed the first sugar-free ice cream in the world. Then “Joseph’s Lite Cookies” was born in 1986 in Deming, New Mexico, an enterprise that is now at 125,000 retailers in 35 countries with a plant of 52,000 square feet where Joseph provides lifetime employment to team members.
Jessica Morales
A 2008 graduate, Jessica owns her own insurance business. She’s the exclusive agent and owner of the Jessica Morales Agency, an Allstate Insurance agency in Santa Teresa, N.M. At age 24, Her current focus is on expanding her business and letting customers know her agency also handles financial as well as insurance services.
Kerry Weems
Kerry heads the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, a federal agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that administers the Medicare program and works in partnership with state governments to administer Medicaid, the State Children’s Health Insurance Program and health insurance portability standards. He received the highest award conferred on federal employees, the Presidential Rank Award, by President Clinton in 2000 and again by President Bush in 2007.

