New Mexico's major universities may not be turning out graduates in science and mathematics at a rate fast enough for employers in those fields.
The University of New Mexico and New Mexico State University have given fewer degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics — known as STEM subjects — than in liberal arts.
Records showed 25 percent of the more than 3,700 bachelor's degrees UNM conferred in fall 2014 were for STEM.
Twenty-eight percent of NMSU's 1,300 graduates at that time earned STEM degrees.
New Mexico employers such as Sandia National Laboratories say finding qualified workers in and out of the state is a challenge.
Others say adding to the challenge is that some STEM graduates leave the state for opportunities elsewhere.
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