MA in Economics 

at New Mexico State University, Las Cruces

An applicant whose scholastic record is satisfactory will be admitted as a regular student. This classification includes:

• An applicant whose grade-point average is greater than or equal to 3.0, or a grade-point average greater than or equal to 3.0 in the last half of undergraduate work,
• An international applicant whose grade-point average (or its equivalent) is greater than or equal to 3.0., from a four-year bachelor's degree or its equivalent.
• A continuing graduate student whose grade-point average is greater than or equal to 3.0.
• A student with prior graduate work at another institution whose minimum grade-point average is 3.0.

Students preparing to enter the program are encouraged to complete the following:

• one course in intermediate microeconomic theory and one course in macroeconomic theory with minimum grades of B;
• one course in college-level calculus; and
• one course in statistics, including simple regression.

Those students not having completed these courses may be admitted with the requirement that the deficiencies be completed at the beginning of the graduate program. Those students interested in the concentration in regulatory economics are advised to complete two courses in college-level statistics.