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Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Location Henderson, NV
Population 2,200,000
Website https://nsc.edu/
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Weather

Comfortable Days 75 (8% 🥵) very dry
Sunshine Hours 3,825 (100% ☀️)
Days Without Precipitation 338 (100% 🏖️)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 2,654
Men / Women 22% / 78%
From State 99%
From Region 0%

Racial/Ethnic

Hispanic 48%
White 23%
Black 10%
Asian 9%
Mixed 7%
Native American 1%
International 0%

Men in the Entering Class

Men
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 32.2% 32.2% 2012 Men: 29.8% 29.8% 2013 Men: 24.5% 24.5% 2014 Men: 28.2% 28.2% 2015 Men: 28.5% 28.5% 2016 Men: 25.8% 25.8% 2017 Men: 28.9% 28.9% 2018 Men: 24.3% 24.3% 2019 Men: 23.0% 23.0% 2020 Men: 21.6% 21.6% 2021 Men: 20.7% 20.7% 2022 Men: 27.3% 27.3% 2023 Men: 20.5% 20.5% 2024 Men: 21.4% 21.4%

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2013 Native: 4.1% 4.1% 2014 Native: 4.0% 4.0% 2015 Native: 5.2% 5.2% 2016 Native: 1.0% 1.0% 2017 Native: 2.3% 2.3% 2018 Native: 4.1% 4.1% 2019 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2020 Native: 1.0% 1.0% 2021 Native: 1.2% 1.2% 2022 Native: 2.0% 2.0% 2023 Native: 1.7% 1.7% 2024 Native: 1.0% 1.0% 2011 Asian: 9.1% 9.1% 2012 Asian: 15.9% 15.9% 2013 Asian: 9.7% 9.7% 2014 Asian: 12.1% 12.1% 2015 Asian: 9.4% 9.4% 2016 Asian: 9.9% 9.9% 2017 Asian: 7.7% 7.7% 2018 Asian: 13.8% 13.8% 2019 Asian: 8.0% 8.0% 2020 Asian: 6.4% 6.4% 2021 Asian: 9.1% 9.1% 2022 Asian: 6.9% 6.9% 2023 Asian: 5.4% 5.4% 2024 Asian: 8.8% 8.8% 2011 Black: 6.8% 6.8% 2012 Black: 9.3% 9.3% 2013 Black: 11.7% 11.7% 2014 Black: 12.1% 12.1% 2015 Black: 9.9% 9.9% 2016 Black: 16.3% 16.3% 2017 Black: 11.4% 11.4% 2018 Black: 5.5% 5.5% 2019 Black: 5.5% 5.5% 2020 Black: 10.8% 10.8% 2021 Black: 5.8% 5.8% 2022 Black: 4.9% 4.9% 2023 Black: 6.7% 6.7% 2024 Black: 5.9% 5.9% 2011 Hispanic: 18.2% 18.2% 2012 Hispanic: 19.8% 19.8% 2013 Hispanic: 15.2% 15.2% 2014 Hispanic: 22.8% 22.8% 2015 Hispanic: 26.4% 26.4% 2016 Hispanic: 29.2% 29.2% 2017 Hispanic: 35.9% 35.9% 2018 Hispanic: 33.8% 33.8% 2019 Hispanic: 40.5% 40.5% 2020 Hispanic: 42.2% 42.2% 2021 Hispanic: 44.2% 44.2% 2022 Hispanic: 55.7% 55.7% 2023 Hispanic: 62.9% 62.9% 2024 Hispanic: 62.0% 62.0% 2011 White: 59.1% 59.1% 2012 White: 48.4% 48.4% 2013 White: 52.4% 52.4% 2014 White: 38.3% 38.3% 2015 White: 40.6% 40.6% 2016 White: 33.2% 33.2% 2017 White: 30.5% 30.5% 2018 White: 31.0% 31.0% 2019 White: 36.2% 36.2% 2020 White: 28.9% 28.9% 2021 White: 28.5% 28.5% 2022 White: 20.3% 20.3% 2023 White: 11.9% 11.9% 2024 White: 14.7% 14.7% 2011 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 International: 1.4% 1.4% 2016 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2018 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2020 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2021 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 International: 0.0% 0.0%

Share of the full-time first-time degree-seeking cohort. Groups IPEDS reports separately — two or more races, and race unknown — are left out, so the lines don't sum to 100%.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2020 Native: 1.8% 1.8% 2021 Native: 1.3% 1.3% 2022 Native: 1.1% 1.1% 2023 Native: 1.1% 1.1% 2024 Native: 1.3% 1.3% 2025 Native: 1.5% 1.5% 2020 Asian: 8.5% 8.5% 2021 Asian: 8.9% 8.9% 2022 Asian: 9.3% 9.3% 2023 Asian: 10.0% 10.0% 2024 Asian: 9.3% 9.3% 2025 Asian: 9.1% 9.1% 2020 Black: 7.4% 7.4% 2021 Black: 8.1% 8.1% 2022 Black: 9.3% 9.3% 2023 Black: 9.1% 9.1% 2024 Black: 9.1% 9.1% 2025 Black: 10.2% 10.2% 2020 Hispanic: 44.4% 44.4% 2021 Hispanic: 44.8% 44.8% 2022 Hispanic: 42.8% 42.8% 2023 Hispanic: 46.3% 46.3% 2024 Hispanic: 47.9% 47.9% 2025 Hispanic: 48.5% 48.5% 2020 White: 24.7% 24.7% 2021 White: 24.3% 24.3% 2022 White: 25.0% 25.0% 2023 White: 21.9% 21.9% 2024 White: 20.7% 20.7% 2025 White: 22.9% 22.9% 2020 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2021 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 International: 0.1% 0.1% 2023 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2025 International: 0.0% 0.0%

Share of all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates, not just the entering class. Same excluded groups as above.

IPEDS Admissions (2011–2024), Graduation Rates (2011–2024) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025) surveys. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Schools & Majors

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Nevada State University 839 21% / 79% 0% $73,133 85 96%
Computer Science 5 — 80% / 20% 0% $94,528 97 —
Mathematics 2 +1 50% / 50% 0% $67,668 79 —
Biological Sciences — — — — $54,792 57 —
Biology 29 +1 21% / 79% 0% $41,475 19 96%
Environmental Science 11 — 27% / 73% 0% $58,125 64 —
Health Sciences 4 — 25% / 75% 0% $73,090 85 —
Nursing 320 — 21% / 79% 0% $101,714 98 95%
Pre-Health Studies 15 — 13% / 87% 0% $93,851 96 100%
Speech-Language Pathology 24 — 0% / 100% 0% $57,575 63 100%
Business Administration 67 — 36% / 64% 0% $64,314 75 89%
Business and Management — — — — $63,692 74 —
Area Studies 13 — 23% / 77% 0% $65,003 76 96%
Communication 5 — 0% / 100% 0% $57,692 63 —
Deaf Studies 7 +1 0% / 100% 0% $61,168 70 —
English 11 +3 36% / 64% 0% $56,242 60 100%
History 17 +9 35% / 65% 0% $57,245 62 100%
Psychology 81 +4 19% / 81% 0% $47,177 35 96%
Bilingual Education 17 — 0% / 100% 0% $60,762 69 —
Biology Teacher Education 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $62,278 72 —
Early Childhood Education 8 — 12% / 88% 0% $53,405 53 100%
Elementary Education 81 — 7% / 93% 0% $53,405 53 100%
English Education 9 +1 22% / 78% 0% $62,297 72 100%
History Education 13 — 31% / 69% 0% $62,297 72 100%
Mathematics Education 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $62,297 72 100%
Secondary Education 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $53,405 53 100%
Special Education 14 — 0% / 100% 0% $63,805 75 100%
Film Production 23 — 57% / 43% 0% $39,098 14 —
Graphic Design 6 — 17% / 83% 0% $51,959 50 —
Computer Engineering Technology 2 — 50% / 50% 0% $77,739 88 —
Criminal Justice 7 — 29% / 71% 0% $46,157 32 100%
Electrical Engineering Technology — — — — $76,869 87 —
Law Enforcement 45 — 33% / 67% 0% $46,157 32 100%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $7,107
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $23,227
Est. In-State Cost $9,194
Est. Out-of-State Cost $30,046
ROI Percentile 85th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 79%
4-Year Graduation Rate 17%
6-Year Graduation Rate 34%
Transfer-Out Rate 27%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

Graduated
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Graduated: 21.6% 21.6% 2012 Graduated: 15.9% 15.9% 2013 Graduated: 13.8% 13.8% 2014 Graduated: 14.1% 14.1% 2015 Graduated: 13.7% 13.7% 2016 Graduated: 15.3% 15.3% 2017 Graduated: 15.9% 15.9% 2018 Graduated: 18.6% 18.6% 2019 Graduated: 20.9% 20.9% 2020 Graduated: 23.0% 23.0% 2021 Graduated: 28.5% 28.5% 2022 Graduated: 32.5% 32.5% 2023 Graduated: 31.0% 31.0% 2024 Graduated: 33.6% 33.6%

Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender

Men Women
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 13.6% 13.6% 2012 Men: 12.7% 12.7% 2013 Men: 7.7% 7.7% 2014 Men: 16.0% 16.0% 2015 Men: 14.3% 14.3% 2016 Men: 21.6% 21.6% 2017 Men: 21.1% 21.1% 2018 Men: 16.3% 16.3% 2019 Men: 28.9% 28.9% 2020 Men: 22.6% 22.6% 2021 Men: 25.4% 25.4% 2022 Men: 23.7% 23.7% 2023 Men: 19.4% 19.4% 2024 Men: 26.9% 26.9% 2011 Women: 24.2% 24.2% 2012 Women: 17.6% 17.6% 2013 Women: 16.0% 16.0% 2014 Women: 13.1% 13.1% 2015 Women: 13.4% 13.4% 2016 Women: 13.2% 13.2% 2017 Women: 13.4% 13.4% 2018 Women: 19.6% 19.6% 2019 Women: 18.4% 18.4% 2020 Women: 23.2% 23.2% 2021 Women: 29.7% 29.7% 2022 Women: 35.4% 35.4% 2023 Women: 35.8% 35.8% 2024 Women: 35.6% 35.6%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

Asian Black Hispanic White
0% 12% 24% 36% 48% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Asian: 12.5% 12.5% 2012 Asian: 20.7% 20.7% 2013 Asian: 14.3% 14.3% 2014 Asian: 11.1% 11.1% 2015 Asian: 5.0% 5.0% 2016 Asian: 15.0% 15.0% 2017 Asian: 17.6% 17.6% 2018 Asian: 20.0% 20.0% 2019 Asian: 15.4% 15.4% 2020 Asian: 38.5% 38.5% 2021 Asian: 36.4% 36.4% 2022 Asian: 4.8% 4.8% 2023 Asian: 28.0% 28.0% 2024 Asian: 36.1% 36.1% 2011 Black: 33.3% 33.3% 2012 Black: 5.9% 5.9% 2013 Black: 5.9% 5.9% 2014 Black: 11.1% 11.1% 2015 Black: 14.3% 14.3% 2016 Black: 6.1% 6.1% 2017 Black: 8.0% 8.0% 2018 Black: 25.0% 25.0% 2019 Black: 11.1% 11.1% 2020 Black: 13.6% 13.6% 2021 Black: 21.4% 21.4% 2022 Black: 20.0% 20.0% 2023 Black: 38.7% 38.7% 2024 Black: 41.7% 41.7% 2011 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 Hispanic: 5.6% 5.6% 2013 Hispanic: 4.5% 4.5% 2014 Hispanic: 14.7% 14.7% 2015 Hispanic: 14.3% 14.3% 2016 Hispanic: 16.9% 16.9% 2017 Hispanic: 13.9% 13.9% 2018 Hispanic: 22.4% 22.4% 2019 Hispanic: 21.2% 21.2% 2020 Hispanic: 20.9% 20.9% 2021 Hispanic: 27.1% 27.1% 2022 Hispanic: 33.5% 33.5% 2023 Hispanic: 30.1% 30.1% 2024 Hispanic: 34.8% 34.8% 2011 White: 30.8% 30.8% 2012 White: 19.3% 19.3% 2013 White: 18.4% 18.4% 2014 White: 21.1% 21.1% 2015 White: 9.3% 9.3% 2016 White: 19.4% 19.4% 2017 White: 19.4% 19.4% 2018 White: 15.6% 15.6% 2019 White: 23.7% 23.7% 2020 White: 18.6% 18.6% 2021 White: 27.5% 27.5% 2022 White: 40.3% 40.3% 2023 White: 34.5% 34.5% 2024 White: 26.7% 26.7%

Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.

IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Health Sciences 43.3% 363 19% / 81% 0% $98,155 97 96%
Education 17.3% 145 9% / 91% 0% $56,743 61 100%
Humanities & Social Sciences 16.0% 134 21% / 79% 0% $52,051 50 97%
Business & Economics 8.0% 67 36% / 64% 0% $64,314 75 89%
Professional 6.4% 54 33% / 67% 0% $47,327 36 100%
Arts 3.5% 29 48% / 52% 0% $41,759 20 —
Life & Natural Sciences 3.5% 29 21% / 79% 0% $41,475 19 96%
Agriculture & Food Science 1.3% 11 27% / 73% 0% $58,125 64 —
Computer Science 0.6% 5 80% / 20% 0% $94,528 97 —
Physical Sciences & Math 0.2% 2 50% / 50% 0% $67,668 79 —

Research

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Life & Natural Sciences $1.0M #323 100% $0 — — — —
Education $0.6M #278 100% $0 — — — —
Humanities & Social Sciences $0.4M #414 100% $0 — — — —
Agriculture & Food Science $0.0M #280 100% $0 — — — —
Business & Economics $0 #456 — $0 — — — —
Computer Science $0 #525 — $0 — — — —
Engineering $0 #449 — $0 — — — —
Health Sciences $0 #441 — $0 — — — —
Physical Sciences & Math $0 #623 — $0 — — — —
Total $2.0M #493 100% $0 — — — —

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Admissions

Uses Common App No
Acceptance Rate 82%
Yield (Unbound) 29%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 82% 82% 82%

Acceptance & Yield

Acceptance Yield
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Acceptance: 66.1% 66.1% 2012 Acceptance: 49.1% 49.1% 2013 Acceptance: 50.4% 50.4% 2014 Acceptance: 54.6% 54.6% 2015 Acceptance: 65.0% 65.0% 2016 Acceptance: 76.1% 76.1% 2017 Acceptance: 84.2% 84.2% 2018 Acceptance: 81.3% 81.3% 2019 Acceptance: 84.8% 84.8% 2020 Acceptance: 89.9% 89.9% 2021 Acceptance: 79.0% 79.0% 2022 Acceptance: 82.5% 82.5% 2023 Acceptance: 86.2% 86.2% 2024 Acceptance: 86.8% 86.8% 2011 Yield: 35.5% 35.5% 2012 Yield: 45.6% 45.6% 2013 Yield: 47.6% 47.6% 2014 Yield: 32.0% 32.0% 2015 Yield: 40.9% 40.9% 2016 Yield: 46.2% 46.2% 2017 Yield: 46.1% 46.1% 2018 Yield: 45.2% 45.2% 2019 Yield: 45.1% 45.1% 2020 Yield: 40.5% 40.5% 2021 Yield: 35.8% 35.8% 2022 Yield: 33.9% 33.9% 2023 Yield: 34.8% 34.8% 2024 Yield: 33.2% 33.2%

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

Applicants Admitted Enrolled
0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Applicants: 1,401 1,401 2012 Applicants: 1,348 1,348 2013 Applicants: 1,344 1,344 2014 Applicants: 1,363 1,363 2015 Applicants: 1,110 1,110 2016 Applicants: 924 924 2017 Applicants: 1,426 1,426 2018 Applicants: 1,265 1,265 2019 Applicants: 1,342 1,342 2020 Applicants: 1,371 1,371 2021 Applicants: 1,230 1,230 2022 Applicants: 1,558 1,558 2023 Applicants: 1,733 1,733 2024 Applicants: 1,828 1,828 2011 Admitted: 926 926 2012 Admitted: 662 662 2013 Admitted: 677 677 2014 Admitted: 744 744 2015 Admitted: 722 722 2016 Admitted: 703 703 2017 Admitted: 1,201 1,201 2018 Admitted: 1,029 1,029 2019 Admitted: 1,138 1,138 2020 Admitted: 1,233 1,233 2021 Admitted: 972 972 2022 Admitted: 1,285 1,285 2023 Admitted: 1,493 1,493 2024 Admitted: 1,587 1,587 2011 Enrolled: 329 329 2012 Enrolled: 302 302 2013 Enrolled: 322 322 2014 Enrolled: 238 238 2015 Enrolled: 295 295 2016 Enrolled: 325 325 2017 Enrolled: 554 554 2018 Enrolled: 465 465 2019 Enrolled: 513 513 2020 Enrolled: 499 499 2021 Enrolled: 348 348 2022 Enrolled: 436 436 2023 Enrolled: 519 519 2024 Enrolled: 527 527

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

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