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:
| Alaska | Idaho | South Dakota |
| Arizona | Montana | Utah |
| California | Nevada | Washington |
| Colorado | North Dakota | Wyoming |
| Hawaii | Oregon | The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands |
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:
- Animal Science (Doctorate)
- Animal Science (Master’s)
- Anthropology (Master’s)
- Applied Geography-Geospatial Science (Master’s)
- Bioinformatics (Master’s)
- Biology (Doctorate)
- Biology (Master’s)
- Borderlands and Ethnic Studies (Graduate Certificate)
- Chemical & Materials Engineering (Master’s)
- Chemical & Materials Engineering (Doctorate)
- 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 (Master’s)
- Computer Science (Doctorate)
- Counseling with a concentration in Educational Diagnostics (Master’s)
- Creative Writing (Master’s)
- Criminal Justice (Master’s)
- Cultural Resources Management (Graduate Certificate)
- Domestic Animal Biology (Master’s)
- Early Childhood Education Alternative Licensure (Graduate Certificate)
- Economic Development (Doctorate)
- Economics (Master’s)
- Elementary Education Alternative Licensure (Graduate Certificate)
- English (Master’s)
- Family Nursing Practice (Graduate Certificate)
- Geography (Doctorate)
- Geography (Master’s)
- Information Technology (Master’s)
- Master of Business Administration (Master’s)
- Music (Master’s)
- Nursing (Master’s)
- Nursing Practitioner (Doctorate)
- Nursing Science – Border Health Issues and Disparities Emphasis (Doctorate)
- Online Teaching and Learning (Graduate Certificate)
- Psych/Mental Health Nursing Practice (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 (Ed. Specialist) (Master’s)
- Secondary Education Alternative Licensure (Graduate Certificate)
- Sociology (Master’s)
- Space Physics (Master’s)
- Spanish (Master’s)
- Special Education Alternative Licensure (Graduate Certificate)
- 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 a semester GPA of 3.0 or better
- Renewable for a maximum of six semesters, provided the student meets all other eligibility requirements