新墨西哥州立大学物理系同时提供博士学位。和硕士学位。我们系大约有40名研究生，其中大多数是博士学位。学位并获得研究生助学金（教学助学金和研究助学金）形式的经济援助。系每年根据职位数量招收5至10名新学生。我们的研究生在获得博士学位后可在大学研究小组以及政府和工业研究实验室找到工作。或硕士学位。对于博士 学位，学生还必须通过博士全面考试，进行原创性研究，完成论文，并通过期末口试。他们还必须通过或转移至少36个学分的物理/地球物理学正式课程，包括24个学分的核心研究生课程，并完成至少6个学分的正式课程，其总数
The Department of Physics offers programs in many areas of emphasis leading to the MS and Ph.D. degrees. Admission to these programs is competitive and selection of applicants is based on undergraduate and/or previous graduate grade-point averages, performance on the general and subject Graduate Record Examination, other evidence of prior academic and research accomplishments submitted by the applicant, and reference letters, as well as, in the case of applicants for the doctoral program, matching of the applicant's research interests, as described by the student's statement of purpose, to the Department's research activities.<br><br>All degree-seeking graduate students must satisfy the relevant Graduate School requirements, successfully complete a 3-credit, 500-level laboratory, and demonstrate or develop knowledge of computer programming. All Ph.D. students and non-thesis Master's students must pass a qualifying examination based on undergraduate physics courses at the 400 level. Additional course requirements are described below, courses taken S/U may not be used to satisfy any of the degree requirements, including the lab requirement for Master's and Ph.D. students.