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University of Nevada - Las Vegas Overview

University of Nevada - Las Vegas is a public institution situated in Las Vegas, Nevada. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

What Is University of Nevada - Las Vegas Known For?

4,799 Undergraduate Awards
$32,471 Avg Cost After Aid
85% Acceptance Rate
  • The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at UNLV.
  • During a recent academic cycle, 99% of the faculty were full-time.
  • Students who graduate from UNLV with a bachelor's degree make about $55,037 a year. That's 35% more than those who graduate from other schools.

Where Is University of Nevada - Las Vegas?

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Contact details for UNLV are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 4505 S Maryland Pky, Las Vegas, NV 89154
Phone: 702-895-3011
Website: www.unlv.edu

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How Do I Get Into UNLV?

You can apply to UNLV online at: https://www.unlv.edu/apply

Admission Requirements for UNLV

Submission Required?
High School GPA 1
High School Rank 3
High School Transcript 1
College Prep Program 5
Recommendations 3
SAT or ACT Scores 5
TOEFL 1

How Hard Is It To Get Into UNLV?

85% Acceptance Rate
59% Of Accepted Are Women
9% Submit SAT Scores
UNLV has the high acceptance rate of 85%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 41% of accepted students are men and 59% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 83%, and the acceptance rate for women is 87%.

Average Test Scores

About 9% of students accepted to UNLV submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 510 and 620. Math scores were between 490 and 600.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for University of Nevada - Las Vegas  ( 510 to 620 )
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800

SAT Math Scores for University of Nevada - Las Vegas  ( 490 to 600 )
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800
UNLV received ACT scores from 68% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 17 and 24. Math scores were between 16 and 0. Composite scores were between 18 and 24.

ACT English Scores for University of Nevada - Las Vegas  ( 17 to 24 )
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36
ACT Composite Scores for University of Nevada - Las Vegas  ( 18 to 24 )
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36

Can I Afford University of Nevada - Las Vegas?

$32,471 Net Price
24% Take Out Loans
The overall average net price of UNLV is $32,471. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At UNLV, approximately 24% of students took out student loans averaging $5,722 a year. That adds up to $22,888 over four years for those students.

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University of Nevada - Las Vegas Undergraduate Student Diversity

19,843 Full-Time Undergraduates
58% Women
70% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 25,864 undergraduate students at UNLV, with 19,843 being full-time and 6,021 being part-time.

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There are also 5,278 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 19,843 full-time undergraduates at UNLV, 42% are male and 58% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of University of Nevada - Las Vegas students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 3,452
Black or African American 1,599
Hispanic or Latino 6,323
White 5,471
International Students 500
Other Races/Ethnicities 2,498

Geographic Diversity

Nevada students aren't the only ones who study at University of Nevada - Las Vegas. At this time, 46 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 91 countries are represented at UNLV. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, South Korea, and India.

University of Nevada - Las Vegas Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Basic Certificate Bachelor’s Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Hospitality Management 0 425 0 51 8 484
General Psychology 0 447 0 0 2 449
Criminal Justice & Corrections 0 308 0 8 2 318
Teacher Education Grade Specific 0 264 7 32 2 305
Nursing 0 224 6 35 14 279
Health & Physical Education 0 245 0 11 0 256
Accounting 0 169 0 72 0 241
Communication & Media Studies 0 220 0 21 0 241
Business Administration & Management 0 133 10 79 0 222
General Biology 0 209 0 5 6 220
Computer Science 0 169 0 8 5 182
Curriculum & Instruction 0 0 0 180 2 182
Social Work 0 104 0 68 0 172
Special Education 0 55 0 96 6 157
Marketing 0 141 0 0 0 141
Mechanical Engineering 0 114 0 11 10 135
Law 0 0 0 0 134 134
Finance & Financial Management 0 113 0 0 0 113
General English Literature 0 95 0 0 3 98
Teaching English or French 0 0 0 92 0 92
Civil Engineering 0 71 0 12 6 89
Educational Administration 0 0 7 73 8 88
Political Science & Government 0 83 0 3 1 87
Dentistry 0 0 0 0 83 83
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 0 0 0 0 80 80
Health & Medical Administrative Services 0 56 0 21 0 77
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 0 75 0 2 0 77
Economics 0 67 0 6 0 73
Fine & Studio Arts 0 65 0 3 0 68
Medicine 0 0 0 0 66 66
Drama & Theater Arts 0 50 0 16 0 66
Data Processing 0 55 0 9 0 64
Music 1 36 2 13 11 63
Anthropology 0 45 0 5 9 59
Public Administration 0 0 9 49 0 58
Sociology 0 53 0 1 3 57
Geological & Earth Sciences 0 39 0 10 5 54
Allied Health Professions 0 49 0 0 0 49
Teacher Education Subject Specific 0 42 1 0 0 43
Electrical Engineering 0 33 0 9 1 43
International Business 0 41 0 0 0 41
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 0 0 11 17 13 41
Information Technology 0 0 2 38 0 40
History 0 35 0 3 2 40
Design & Applied Arts 0 36 0 0 0 36
Mathematics 0 21 0 6 8 35
General Architecture 0 32 0 0 0 32
Mental & Social Health Services 0 0 3 29 0 32
Public Health 0 1 9 20 2 32
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 0 32 0 0 0 32
Urban Studies 0 32 0 0 0 32
Human Services 0 30 0 0 0 30
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 0 29 0 0 0 29
Student Counseling 0 0 0 28 0 28
Entrepreneurial Studies 0 27 0 0 0 27
Philosophy 0 26 0 0 0 26
Writing Studies 0 0 0 25 0 25
Chemistry 0 18 0 0 7 25
Dance 9 16 0 0 0 25
Landscape Architecture 0 24 0 0 0 24
Nutrition Science 0 20 0 3 0 23
General Social Sciences 0 19 4 0 0 23
Computer Engineering 0 22 0 0 0 22
General Education 16 0 2 0 0 18
Physics 0 13 0 2 3 18
Public Policy 0 0 0 0 17 17
Interior Architecture 0 13 0 0 0 13
Legal Research 0 0 0 13 0 13
Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences 0 0 6 6 0 12
Real Estate 0 10 0 0 0 10
Child Development & Psychology 0 0 0 7 2 9
Architectural Sciences & Technology 0 0 0 8 0 8
Romance Languages 0 5 1 2 0 8
Human Biology 0 0 0 0 8 8
Astronomy & Astrophysics 0 0 0 4 3 7
Other Business, Management & Marketing 0 0 0 6 0 6
Liberal Arts General Studies 5 0 0 0 0 5
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 0 0 0 4 0 4
Ethnic Studies 0 4 0 0 0 4
General Science Technologies/Technicians 0 4 0 0 0 4
Management Information Systems 0 0 3 0 0 3
Educational Assessment 0 0 3 0 0 3
Data Analytics 0 0 0 3 0 3
Other Engineering 0 0 2 0 0 2
Area Studies 0 2 0 0 0 2
Other Statistics 0 0 2 0 0 2
Neurobiology & Neurosciences 0 0 0 0 1 1
Multilingual Education 0 0 1 0 0 1
Other Education 0 0 1 0 0 1
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 0 0 0 1 0 1
Biomedical Engineering 0 0 0 1 0 1
Germanic Languages 0 1 0 0 0 1
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 0 1 0 0 0 1
Architecture (Other) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Urban & Regional Planning 0 0 0 0 0 0
Botany/Plant Biology 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 0 0 0 0 0 0
Physiology & Pathology Sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0
Construction Management 0 0 0 0 0 0
Human Resource Management 0 0 0 0 0 0
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing 0 0 0 0 0 0
Information Science 0 0 0 0 0 0
International Education 0 0 0 0 0 0
Construction Engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bioethics/Medical Ethics 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 0 0 0 0 0 0
Applied Mathematics 0 0 0 0 0 0
Statistics 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gerontology 0 0 0 0 0 0
Natural Resources Conservation 0 0 0 0 0 0
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies 0 0 0 0 0 0
Recreation Administration 0 0 0 0 0 0
Culinary Arts 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other Science Technologies/Technicians 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 31 4,768 92 1,227 533 6,651

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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