Nursing at University of Nevada - Las Vegas

If you plan to study nursing, take a look at what University of Nevada - Las Vegas has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UNLV is located in Las Vegas, Nevada and has a total student population of 31,142.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Nursing section at the bottom of this page.

UNLV Nursing Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing
• Master’s Degree in Nursing

UNLV Nursing Rankings

The nursing major at UNLV is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Nursing. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

There were 20 students who received their doctoral degrees in nursing, making the school the #148 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Nursing Student Demographics at UNLV

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the nursing majors at University of Nevada - Las Vegas.

UNLV Nursing Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 21% of nursing bachelor's degrees went to men and 79% went to women. The typical nursing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at UNLV since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 41% more racial-ethnic minorities in its nursing bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Nevada - Las Vegas with a bachelor's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	83
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	52
White	40
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	34

UNLV Nursing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 11% of nursing master's degrees went to men and 89% went to women.

In the nursing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 54% of degree recipients. That is 14% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Nevada - Las Vegas with a master's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Concentrations Within Nursing

If you plan to be a nursing major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Nevada - Las Vegas. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing	234
Nursing Science	20

Related Majors

• Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences
• Mental & Social Health Services
• Public Health
• Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions
• Medicine

Careers That Nursing Grads May Go Into

A degree in nursing can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NV, the home state for University of Nevada - Las Vegas.

Occupation	Jobs in NV	Average Salary in NV
Registered Nurses	22,560	$85,620
Medical and Health Services Managers	2,360	$121,120
Nurse Practitioners	710	$112,540
Nursing Instructors and Professors	480	$76,120

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Stan Shebs under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.