The Western Regional Graduate Program (WRGP) allows graduate students who are residents of the WICHE member states and enrolled in certain programs to pay in-state tuition at participating universities outside of their home state. The WRGP tuition rate is automatically applied to a student’s account if eligibility requirements are met.

*Online students are not eligible for tuition discounts (waivers) because there are no out-of-state tuition charges. 

The WICHE states include:

Eligible Programs at New Mexico State University

Students must be accepted into one of the following WRGP qualifying programs at NMSU to receive the WRGP tuition rate:

• Aerospace Engineering (Doctorate)
• Aerospace Engineering (Master’s)
• Accounting (Master’s)
• Animal Science (Doctorate)
• Animal Science (Master's)
• Anthropology (Master's)
• Applied Geography-Geospatial Science (Master’s)
• Applied Statistics (Master’s)
• Art (Master’s)
• Astronomy (Doctorate)
• Astronomy (Master’s)
• Athletic Training (Master’s)
• Bioinformatics (Master's)
• Biology (Doctorate)
• Biology (Master’s)
• Borderlands & Ethnic Studies (Graduate Certificate)
• Business Administration - Applied Statistics (Doctorate)
• Business Administration – Marketing (Doctorate)
• Business Administration – Management (Doctorate)
• Business Administration (Master’s)
• Chemical & Materials Engineering (Master’s)
• Chemical & Materials Engineering (Doctorate)
• Chemical Engineering (Doctorate)
• Chemical Engineering (Master’s)
• Chemistry (Doctorate)
• Chemistry (Master’s)
• Civil Engineering (Doctorate)
• Civil Engineering (Master’s)
• Clinical Mental Health Counseling (Master's)
• Clinical Psychopharmacology - Post-Doctorate (Master's)
• Communication Studies (Master's)
• Community Health Education (Master’s)
• Computational Data Analytics (Master’s)
• Computer Science (Doctorate)
• Computer Science (Master’s)
• Counseling and Guidance - Educational Diagnostics (Master’s)
• Counseling with a concentration in Educational Diagnostics (Master’s)
• Counseling Psychology (Doctorate)
• Creative Writing (Master’s)
• Criminal Justice (Master’s)
• Cultural Resources Management (Graduate Certificate)
• Data Analytics (Master’s)
• Domestic Animal Biology (Master’s)
• Early Childhood Education Alternative Licensure (Graduate Certificate)
• Economic Development (Doctorate)
• Economics (Master’s)
• Education (Master’s)
• Electrical Engineering (Doctorate)
• Electrical Engineering (Master’s)
• Elementary Education Alternative Licensure (Graduate Certificate)
• English (Master’s)
• Environmental Engineering (Master’s)
• Experimental Psychology (Doctorate)
• Family Nursing Practice (Graduate Certificate)
• Fish, Wildlife & Conservation Ecology (Master’s)
• Geography (Doctorate)
• Geography (Master's)
• Geology (Master’s)
• Health Behavior and Health Promotion (Master’s)
• Health Equity Science (Doctorate)
• Industrial Engineering (Doctorate)
• Industrial Engineering (Master’s)
• Information Technology (Master's)
• Master of Business Administration (Master's)
• Mathematics (Doctorate)
• Mathematics (Master’s)
• Mechanical Engineering (Doctorate)
• Mechanical Engineering (Master’s)
• Museum Studies (Graduate Certificate)
• Music (Master's)
• Nursing (Doctorate)
• Nursing (Master's)
• Nursing Leadership and Administration (Master’s)
• Nursing Science – Border Health Issues & Disparities Emphasis (Doctorate)
• Online Teaching & Learning (Graduate Certificate)
• Physics (Doctorate)
• Physics (Master’s)
• Political Science (Master’s)
• Principal Licensure (Graduate Certificate)
• Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (Graduate Certificate)
• Psychology (Doctorate)
• Psychology (Master's)
• Public Administration (Master's)
• Public Health (Master's)
• Public History (Master's)
• Range Science (Doctorate)
• Range Science (Master's)
• Rhetoric & Professional Communication (Doctorate)
• School Psychology (Doctorate)
• School Psychology (Master's)
• Secondary Education Alternative Licensure (Graduate Certificate)
• Social Work (Master’s)
• Sociology (Master's)
• Space Physics (Master's)
• Spanish (Master's)
• Special Education Alternative Licensure (Graduate Certificate)
• Transborder & Global Human Dynamics (Doctorate)
• Water Science and Management (Doctorate)
• Water Science and Management (Master's)

Eligibility Requirements

• Be admitted to the NMSU Las Cruces campus as a degree-seeking graduate student in academic good standing
• Be a U.S. Citizen or permanent resident
• Be a resident of one of the participating states
• Be nominated by the admitting College or Department

Renewal Requirements

• Complete a minimum of 5 or more credit hours per term on the NMSU Las Cruces campus
• Maintain 3.0 GPA or better each semester
• Renewable for a maximum of six semesters provided the student meets all other eligibility requirements