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New Mexico State University

Credit Hours and GPA Requirements

All students must complete a minimum of 128 college-level credit hours to graduate with a bachelor's degree (remember to subtract hours for "N" courses). At least 48 of the 128 credits must be upper division (numbered 300 or higher); this includes courses required for the major.

A cumulative grade point average of 2.0 (C) or better is required to graduate. A grade of C or better in Composition & Rhetoric is required of all students. In addition, the College of Arts and Sciences requires a grade of C or better in all courses in the major and minor and in all college core courses.