Facundo Valdez School of Social Work New Mexico Highlands University
Degrees & Awards
- Degrees Offered
- Major Degree Levels Offered
- Clinical Practice Master of Social Work (MSW)
- Bilingual/Bicultural Clinical Practice Master of Social Work (MSW)
- Degrees Awarded
- Master's Degrees 133
- 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? Yes
- Evening/weekend programs available? No
- Distance learning programs available? Not reported
- Terminal master's degree available? Not reported
- Degree Requirements
- Master's Degrees Comp Exam Required and Thesis Alternate accepted
- Doctoral Degrees Not reported
- First Professional Degrees Not reported
- Other Advanced Degrees Not reported
Admissions
- Acceptance Rate
- Applied 204
- Accepted 203
- Acceptance Rate 99
- Enrolled 143
- 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 January 15th Not Reported Yes
- Winter deadline Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported
- Spring deadline Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported
- Entrance Requirements
Tuition & Fees
- Tuition & Fees *
- Tuition & FeesNot Reported
- *Average dollar amount (tuition & fees) required to complete the degree
- 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 Students298
- Female Percentage83%
- Male Percentage17%
- Participation
- Total Graduate Students298
- Part-time Percentage17%
- Full-time Percentage83%
- Race/Ethnicity
- Hispanic / Latino42%
- Black / African American4%
- White / Caucasian31%
- American Indian / Alaskan Native8%
- Asian0%
- Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander1%
- Two or more races7%
- Unknown or International Student7%
Faculty
- Faculty Breakdown
- Total Faculty40
- Full-time Percentage35%
- Part-time Percentage65%
- Female Percentage72%
- Male Percentage28%
Research
- Existing Research
- Focus of faculty researchTreatment attrition among domestic violence batterers, children's health and mental health, Dejando Huellas: meeting the bilingual/bicultural needs of the Latino mental health patient, impact of culture on the therapeutic process, effects of generational gang involvement on adolescents' future
- Externally sponsored research expenditures last yearNot Reported
Location & Contact
Facundo Valdez School of Social Work
New Mexico Highlands University
PO Box 9000
Las Vegas, NM 87701
United States
Dr. Cristina Duran
Dean
Phone: 505-260-6183
Email: duranc@nmhu.edu
LouAnn Romero
Administrative Assistant, Graduate Studies
Phone: 505-454-3087
Email: laromero@nmhu.edu
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