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Department of English College of Arts and Sciences New Mexico Highlands University

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Degrees & Award

  • Degrees Offered
    • Major Degree Levels Offered
    • English Master of Arts (MA) [creative writing]
      Master of Arts (MA) [language, rhetoric and composition]
      Master of Arts (MA) [literature]
  • Degrees Awarded
    • Master's Degrees 4
    • Doctoral Degrees Not reported
    • First Professional Degrees Not reported
    • Other Advanced Degrees Not reported
    • * Shows the number of degrees awarded for the last academic year that data was reported.
  • Earning Your Degree
    • Part-time study available? Not reported
    • Evening/weekend programs available? No
    • Distance learning programs available? Not reported
    • Terminal master's degree available? Not reported
  • Degree Requirements
    • Master's Degrees Required and Required
    • Doctoral Degrees Not reported
    • First Professional Degrees Not reported
    • Other Advanced Degrees Not reported

Admissions

70% of applicants are admitted.
  • Acceptance Rate
    • Applied10
    • Accepted7
    • Acceptance Rate70%
    • Enrolled7
  • Applying
    • Application Fee - Domestic $15
    • Application Fee - International $15
    • Electronic applications accepted? Not Reported
    • Applications processed on a rolling basis? Yes
  • Application Deadlines
    • Type Domestic International Priority Date
    • Fall deadline August 1st Not Reported Yes
    • Winter deadline Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported
    • Spring deadline Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported
  • Entrance Requirements
    • Master's Degreesminimum undergraduate GPA of 3.0
    • Doctoral's DegreesNot Reported
    • First-Professional's DegreesNot Reported
    • Other Advanced DegreesNot Reported
    • International DegreesTOEFL required, 540 paper based

Tuition & Fees

  • Tuition & Fees
    • In-state tuition *$2,767
    • Out-of-state tuition *$4,879
    • International student tuition$5,436
    • * Tuition for full-time graduate student per academic year
  • Fees
    • Per-academic year fees$737.00
    • Per-term feesNot Reported
    • One-time feeNot Reported
    • * Fees for full-time graduate students
  • Financial Support
    • Financial award applicants must submitFAFSA
    • Application deadlines for financial awardsMarch 1
    • Types of financial support availableTuition Waivers, Career or Field-Related Internships, Federal Work-Study, Financial Support for Part-time Students, Institutionally-sponsored Loans, Scholarship and/or loans, Graduate Assistantships

Student Body

  • Gender
    • Total Graduate Students18
    • Female Percentage50%
    • Male Percentage50%
  • Participation
    • Total Graduate Students18
    • Part-time Percentage22%
    • Full-time Percentage78%
  • Ethnicity
    • Hispanic / Latino18%
    • Black / African American0%
    • White / Caucasian53%
    • American Indian / Alaskan Native6%
    • Asian0%
    • Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander0%
    • Two or more races6%
    • Unknown17%

Faculty

  • Faculty Breakout
    • Total Faculty8
    • Full-time Percentage100%
    • Part-time Percentage0%
    • Female Percentage62%
    • Male Percentage38%

Research

  • Existing Research
    • Focus of faculty researchTwentieth-century literature, life path writing in homeless shelters, native American philosophy, medieval intellectual and cultural history, creating pedagogical tools for teaching law
    • Externally sponsored research expenditures last yearNot Reported

Location & Contact

Department of English

College of Arts and Sciences
New Mexico Highlands University

PO Box 9000
Las Vegas, NM 87701
United States

Dr. Helen Blythe

Department Head

Phone: 505-454-3329
Email: helenblythe@nmhu.edu

Diane Trujillo

Administrative Assistant, Graduate Studies

Phone: 505-454-3266
Fax: 505-426-2117
Email: dtrujillo@nmhu.edu



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