High School Students

Welcome! NMSU-A offers a variety of options for high school students. High school students who will soon be graduating can apply for regular degree status or nondegree status admission, or they can look into NMSU-A's Early Admit and Concurrent Enrollment Programs.

Regular Degree Status Admission

Students who will soon be graduating from high school can apply for Regular Degree Status admission.

Early Admit Program

Academically superior students who are currently enrolled in a state accredited high school may begin taking classes for college credit. Students who participate in this program continue their regular high school curriculum. The Early Admit Program is designed to enhance and supplement the high school curriculum, not duplicate or replace it; therefore, there may be limitations on class choices.

Requirements include meeting cumulative GPA requirements (3.0 for seniors; 3.5 for juniors, and 3.75 for sophomores), parental permission, high school transcripts, and high school verification of GPA. The Early Admit student must have a personal interview each semester with the Early Admit Advisor who will verify their admission status and approve courses. A $20 non-refundable admission fee will be charged at the time of first registration. Consult your high school couselor if you are interested in obtaining dual credit for Early Admit courses.

Early Admit students are admitted as nondegree status students. After high school graduation, students attending NMSU-A must apply for admission as degree seeking status students.

Concurrent Enrollment Program

Qualified high school students may begin taking courses at NMSU-A that will grant both high school and college credit. NMSU-A admission policy establishes that juniors and seniors with a 2.0 cumulative GPA may take vocational, technical, or applied courses. Qualified students, juniors with a 3.5 cumulative GPA and seniors with a 3.0 cumulative GPA, may take academic courses with sufficient placement test score. The selected courses may not replace high school courses, nor may students take developmental courses.

Participating students must have an interview with the Concurrent Enrollment advisor. Parental permission and the high school counselor's signature are required for qualification. In all cases, the college advisor has the final authority on course selection.

Concurrent Enrollment students are admitted as nondegree status students. After high school graduation, students attending NMSU-A must apply for admission as degree seeking status students.

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