Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 7.6-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.
Of 204 Title IV programs, 68 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 136 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing68 · 33.3%
- No Data136 · 66.7%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
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.
Near the line (±5%)
Programs within five points of the pass line, one cohort year from flipping.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs
Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities
Programmatic accreditations · 31
Action history · 41
- Aug 2025Renewal of AccreditationNorthwest Commission on Colleges and Universities
- Aug 2025Renewal of AccreditationAmerican Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation · Pediatric Dentistry
- Jul 2025Renewal of AccreditationAmerican Psychological Association, Commission on Accreditation · Professional Psychology (IPSY) - Predoctoral internship programs
- Apr 2025Renewal of AccreditationAmerican Psychological Association, Commission on Accreditation · Clinical Psychology (CLPSY) - PhD Doctoral programs
- Jan 2025Heightened Monitoring or Focused ReviewAmerican Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation · Predoctoral
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 12,923 students received $77.1M in Pell grants, alongside $146.9M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
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.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 4,774 borrowers who entered repayment, 73 (1.5%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* 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.
Academic programs at UNLV
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 10
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus66
- Non-campus28
- Public property2
Includes 17 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
- Tonopah1 fireOther1 injured · 0 deathsDamage $0-$99
Data quality: 3 reports were later determined unfounded across the reporting period and are excluded from the totals above.
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
UNLV vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions UNLV selected for federal comparison reporting.
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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectUniversity of Nevada-Las Vegas | 51% | — | 32,911 | $10,359 | R1 Research |
| 61% | 73.7% | 23,024 | $15,927 | R1 Research | |
| 87% | 28.6% | 37,297 | $14,251 | R1 Research | |
| 86% | 41.8% | 40,065 | $14,741 | R1 Research | |
| 70% | 77.3% | 37,163 | $19,604 | R1 Research | |
| 60% | 86.6% | 25,685 | $14,971 | R1 Research | |
| Peer group median | 66% | 73.7% | 35,037 | $14,856 |
Institutions like UNLV
Explore the federal data for institutions in UNLV's comparison group.
- R1 ResearchNevada
University of Nevada-Reno
Grad rate61%Admit rate73.7%Enrollment23,024Net price$15,927View data - R1 ResearchCalifornia
University of California-Irvine
Grad rate87%Admit rate28.6%Enrollment37,297Net price$14,251View data - R1 ResearchCalifornia
University of California-Davis
Grad rate86%Admit rate41.8%Enrollment40,065Net price$14,741View data - R1 ResearchOregon
Oregon State University
Grad rate70%Admit rate77.3%Enrollment37,163Net price$19,604View data - R1 ResearchWashington
Washington State University
Grad rate60%Admit rate86.6%Enrollment25,685Net price$14,971View data
UNLV Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The Office of Decision Support at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas provides information on institutional data governance and various reports and resources. The office is headed by Vice Provost John (Skip) Crooker, Ph.D., and can be contacted via [email protected]. Key resources include the Common Data Set, NSHE Enrollment Reports, and various student profiles.
Visit IR office page- John (Skip) Crooker, Ph.D.Vice Provost
- Christina DrumAssistant Vice Provost
- Theresa FarmerCourse Evaluation Research Analyst
- Dmitrii KaraulanovApplication Developer
- Bobby WadeInstitutional Research Data Analyst
- Qingmin Shi, Ph.D.Director of Research
- Tina NelsonDirector of Reporting
- Kanikka WoffordAdministrative Assistant IV
- Nikolina PenderDirector of Data Analysis & Assessment
- Joy Mariscal, Ph.D.Institutional Research Data Analyst
- Ashley Guyer, Ed.D.Institutional Research Data Analyst
- Shiloh FlingCoordinator of Online Education Analytics
Common Data Set
UNLV's own annual Common Data Set: the most detailed self-reported reference for selectivity, cost, outcomes, and the student body.
Outcomes & Equity
Graduation & retention
B6-year graduation rate 65%; first-year retention 84%.
Equity: Pell graduation gap
B4Pell-grant recipients graduate 7 pts below the overall rate (58% vs 65%).
Student Body & Diversity
Undergraduate race/ethnicity
B2Undergraduate enrollment by race/ethnicity.
Undergrad vs graduate
B11,123 undergraduates and 161 graduate students.
Source publications
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