New Mexico Highlands University

1. The only bilingual/bicultural Master of Social Work program in the nation

2.  Newly designated Carnegie R3 research institution — November 2025 — one of only two in New Mexico alongside NMT

3.  Launching New Mexico’s first doctoral program in social work — filling a gap no other university in the state has addressed

4.  Home to New Mexico’s only university forestry program — and researchers developing post-wildfire reforestation methods that could cut centuries-long forest recovery timelines to decades (not approved)