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Nevada State University

Henderson, Nevada·Public, 4-year or above·Far West·nevadastate.edu
6-yr Graduation
34%
-14.5pp vs Baccalaureate
Total enrollment
7,549
peer median 6,057
Avg net price
$14,068
-$518 vs Baccalaureate
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Admissions & acceptance rate

First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.

IPEDS
Applied
1,828
1,828 candidates competed
Admitted
1,587
86.8% acceptance rate
Enrolled
527
33.2% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

IPEDS
Overall completion
34%-14.5pp vs Baccalaureate
4-year graduation
17%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
34%
Full-time retention
79%

Pell equity

2.7pp gap
Pell recipients
32%62 of 192
Non-Pell (all)
35%75 of 216
Subsidized loan, no Pell
16%3 of 19
No Federal Aid
37%72 of 197

Non-Pell students graduate at a 2.7-point higher rate than Pell recipients.

Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

FVT/GE

Of 39 Title IV programs, 12 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 27 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
39
Passing
12
30.8% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

39programs
  • Passing12 · 30.8%
  • No Data27 · 69.2%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
0
Watch
0
Safe
12
No data
27

Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.

Earnings premium gap

Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.

12
Criminal Justice and Corrections
Bachelor Degree · Security And Protective Services
+28.7%
$46,443 vs $36,082
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
+48.2%
$53,468 vs $36,082
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Bachelor Degree · Education
+51.4%
$54,646 vs $36,082
English Language and Literature General
Bachelor Degree · English Language And Literature/Letters
+56.8%
$56,591 vs $36,082
History
Bachelor Degree · History
+59.6%
$57,600 vs $36,082
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
Bachelor Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+60.6%
$57,932 vs $36,082
Business Administration Management and Operations
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+67.0%
$60,273 vs $36,082
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Subject Areas
Bachelor Degree · Education
+73.7%
$62,684 vs $36,082

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

7
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
41%
$21,899 debt · $53,468 earn
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Bachelor Degree · Education
40%
$21,688 debt · $54,646 earn
Area Studies
Bachelor Degree · Area, Ethnic, Cultural, And Gender Studies
38%
$25,000 debt · $65,406 earn
Criminal Justice and Corrections
Bachelor Degree · Security And Protective Services
34%
$15,615 debt · $46,443 earn
History
Bachelor Degree · History
33%
$18,944 debt · $57,600 earn
Business Administration Management and Operations
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
29%
$17,393 debt · $60,273 earn
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Bachelor Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
22%
$21,424 debt · $95,918 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

DAPIP
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Accredited since 2011Next review Oct 2026
PreaccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Accredited since 2006

Programmatic accreditations · 3

Action history · 3

  1. Jul 2023Initial Accreditation
    American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology · Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) - Graduate degree programs
  2. May 2020Renewal of Accreditation
    Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education · Nursing (CNURED) - Nursing education programs at the baccalaureate degree levels
  3. Oct 2019Renewal of Accreditation
    Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

College Scorecard

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$11,438
$30–48k$13,084
$48–75k$16,002
$75–110k$17,757
$110k+$21,125

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price
$14,068
-$517vs Baccalaureate median $14,586
Federal loans
12.8%
In-state tuition
$6,765
Out-of-state
$21,833

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

Federal Student Aid

In AY 2024–25, 2,154 students received $12.0M in Pell grants, alongside $8.6M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
2,154
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$12.0M
$12,009,187 total
Direct Loans
$8.6M
1,758 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

2k
’20
2k
’21
2k
’22
2k
’23
2k
’24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$3.6M
899 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$4.1M
803 loan awards
Unsubsidized · Grad$521K
36 loan awards
Parent PLUS$280K
16 loan awards
Grad PLUS$67K
4 loan awards

Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Cohort Default Rate

Of 784 borrowers who entered repayment, 9 (1.1%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
1.1%
-1.2pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
784
Defaulted
9
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
8.5%
2017
9.1%
2018
4.0%
2019
1.1%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at Nevada State

Top program areas ranked by completions.

IPEDS
Distinct CIP programs33
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

859 total completions
01Health Professions
38945.3%
02Education
14617.0%
03Psychology
859.9%
04Business
677.8%
05Security/Protective
526.1%
06Biological Sciences
303.5%
07Visual/Performing Arts
293.4%
08History
263.0%
09Area/Ethnic Studies
212.4%
10English Language
141.6%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

IPEDS
Fall total
7,549
12-mo unduplicated
9,149
Undergraduate
9,059
Graduate
90

Gender split

Men
28%2,605
Women
72%6,544

Race / ethnicity composition

Hispanic
48.1%
White
22.9%
Asian
10.2%
Black
9.8%
Two or more
6.2%
Unknown
1.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
1.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.3%
Non-resident
0.1%

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Clery Act
Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
0.41
3 offenses · 7,283 students

3-year trend

0.142 yrs ago0.421 yr ago0.41Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
7
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
10
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0

Criminal offenses by type

Rape
1
Arson
1
Fondling
1

By location

3total
  • On campus3

Includes 1 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).

VAWA offenses

3
Domestic violence
1
Dating violence
2
Stalking
6 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

Hate crimes by bias

No hate crimes reported.

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons10
Drugs12
Liquor01

Residence-hall fires

No residence-hall fires reported.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

IPEDS
Student-to-faculty
18.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
133

Nevada State vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions Nevada State selected for federal comparison reporting.

IPEDS
GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
This institutionPeer median

A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.

Carnegie
SubjectNevada State University
34%—7,549$14,068Baccalaureate
Oregon Institute of Technology
53%95.0%5,299$15,706Baccalaureate
University of Hawaii-West Oahu
50%95.3%2,814$10,327Baccalaureate
California State University Maritime Academy
60%95.0%837$20,555Baccalaureate
Colorado Mesa University
47%82.0%9,785$15,103Baccalaureate
Louisiana State University-Alexandria
34%92.1%6,815$7,065Baccalaureate
Peer group median49%95.0%6,057$14,586

Institutions like Nevada State

Explore the federal data for institutions in Nevada State's comparison group.

IPEDS

Nevada State Institutional Research office

The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.

Team
1 member
  • Sandip Thanki
    Associate Vice President, Institutional Effectiveness

Frequently asked questions about Nevada State University

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Nevada State.

What is the graduation rate at Nevada State University?

Nevada State University reports a 6-year graduation rate of 34% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend Nevada State University?

Nevada State University reports a total enrollment of 7,549 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at Nevada State University?

The average net price at Nevada State University is $14,068 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

What is the yield rate at Nevada State University?

Nevada State University's yield rate is 33.2%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.

Where is Nevada State University located?

Nevada State University is located in Henderson, Nevada 89002.

About the data on this page

Every figure comes from an official federal or public source. Here is each one and the release it is currently on.

IPEDS2025 provisional data (Fall 2025–26 release, July 28, 2026)
Enrollment, completions, graduation rates, tuition, financial aid, staffing, and finance for every U.S. institution in federal student aid programs.
National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education
College ScorecardJune 10, 2026 release (merged 2025–26 files)
Institution and field-of-study costs, graduate earnings, debt, completion, and admissions outcomes compiled from federal aid records, tax data, and IPEDS.
U.S. Department of Education
FVT/GE program performanceProvisional preview, May 18, 2026 release
Program-level debt-to-earnings and earnings-premium measures behind the FVT/GE and STATS accountability frameworks.
U.S. Department of Education
DAPIP accreditationContinuously refreshed
Accreditation status for institutions and programs, reported by recognized accrediting agencies.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Federal Pell Grant volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Pell Grant recipient counts, award amounts, and disbursements by institution and award year.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Federal student loan volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Federal Direct Loan recipient counts and disbursement volume by institution and award year.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Cohort Default RatesFY 2022 official rates
Institution-level federal student loan default rates, measuring borrowers who default within three years of entering repayment.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Equity in Athletics (EADA)Academic year 2024–25
Athletics participation, coaching, revenues, and expenses by sport and gender for Title IV institutions.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Campus Safety & SecurityData through reporting year 2024
Criminal offenses, arrests, disciplinary actions, VAWA offenses, and fire statistics reported by campus under the Clery Act.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Last reviewed July 2026All data sources & release dates →

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