Please click on each Undergraduate Admissions' requirement for more information.
You must be able to provide a high school transcript showing your Graduation Date and minimum GPA requirement. Additionally, be prepare to contact all institutions you have previously attended (including high school and other universities) and request that they submit official transcripts to NMSU.
If you are currently in an academic program and expect to graduate, you can apply for admission to NMSU with your partial transcripts. You may be granted tentative admission, but you will have to provide your final official documents to Undergraduate Admissions or the Graduate School as soon as they are available following your graduation or last semester.
Check eligible test scores.
For full undergraduate admission to the university, NMSU requires a score of 520 (paper-based) or 68 (internet-based) or better on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), or a score of 6.0 on the International English Language Testing System (IELTS), or a score of 95 on the Duolingo English test for all international students both non-degree and degree seeking.
A waiver of the TOEFL/IELTS requirement may be considered for:
- Students who are native speakers of English.
- Students from the following countries will be exempt from providing a TOEFL score for admission purposes. However, NMSU retains the right to require the applicant/student to take the English Language Placement Test if deemed necessary:
- Anguilla, Antigua, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Barbuda, Belize, Bermuda, Botswana, Caicos Islands, Cameroon (Anglophone), Canada (except Quebec), Cayman Islands, Christmas Islands, Cook Island, Dominica, England, Eritrea, Fiji, Gambia, Ghana, Grand Cayman Islands, Grenada, Grenada and the Grenadines, Guernsey, Guyana, Ireland, Israel, Jamaica, Jersey, Kenya, Kiribati Islands, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia (Federated States of), Montserrat, Namibia, Nauru, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norfolk Island, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Scotland, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, St. Christopher, St. Helena, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & Grenadines, Swaziland, Tanzania, Trinidad & Tobago, Tristan da Cunha Island, Turks & Caicos Islands, Uganda, Virgin Islands, Wales, Zambia, Zimbabwe
- Students completing high school in the United States who (a) have attended the high school for at least two full years and (b) have scored in at least the 75th percentile in English on the ACT.
- Students transferring from a two-year college, community college, or university in the United States who have earned a minimum of 30 acceptable semester credits (45 acceptable quarter credits) with a GPA of 2.0 or better (acceptable credit means classes that require a high proficiency in both written and oral English).
- Students scoring a 70%---(3) or better in English with the International Baccalaureate.
The university reserves the right to require any prospective international student to meet the Duolingo, TOEFL or IELTS requirement.
If you graduated from a high school in the U.S., you must submit an ACT or SAT score. However, the ACT or SAT requirement is waived for the 2021 Admissions ONLY. See minimum required score below:
- For ACT Composite Score: 21
- For SAT Score: 1060
International Student and Scholar Services highly recommends SpanTran for your foreign credential evaluation needs. One advantage of using SpanTran is that they will send an official report to NMSU at no extra charge, and they offer a customized application for NMSU students. You must use this application to take advantage of the discount offered to NMSU students. Please note that the total cost depends on whether you will need additional services like translation and expedited delivery, for example.
To begin your web application for the SpanTran foreign credit evaluation, click the following link: https://spanside.secure.force.com/SpantranApplication?Id=945ec224-f79e-4171-8888-8c452728aafb
Applicants need to obtain official translations from a company or individual recognized as an approved translator in their country or in the US. ISSS highly recommends SpanTran for your translation needs since you can also process the required foreign credit evaluation in one step. Additionally, SpanTran will send an official credit evaluation report directly to NMSU at no extra charge. Please note that the total cost depends on whether you will need additional services like expedited delivery, for example.
To begin your web application for the SpanTran translation and foreign credit evaluation for your transcript, click the following link: https://spanside.secure.force.com/SpantranApplication?Id=945ec224-f79e-4171-8888-8c452728aafb
Failure to do so may result in a delay in your application being processed.
