by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
College of Southern Nevada was awarded 425 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is criminal justice & corrections.
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CSN is ranked #443 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when CSN held the #728 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
CSN also holds the #3 spot on the Best Colleges in Nevada ranking.
As long as you meet basic requirements, you should not have any trouble getting into College of Southern Nevada since the school has an open admissions policy. Still, be sure to submit any requested materials and that your application is completed in full.
The student to faculty ratio is often used as a measure to gauge how much access students will have to their professors - the lower the number, the better. At College of Southern Nevada, this rate is 21 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at College of Southern Nevada is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 29,965 undergraduates at CSN with 9,431 being full-time and 20,534 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $6,140 | $6,874 | $8,727 | $10,725 | $11,630 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of CSN, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At CSN, approximately 9% of students took out student loans averaging $3,438 a year. That adds up to $13,752 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at CSN is 13.7%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.
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Contact details for CSN are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 6375 W. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas, NV 89146-1164 |
| Phone: | 702-651-5000 |
| Website: | www.csn.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 62 | NA |
| Fire Protection | 10 | NA |
| Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science | 6 | NA |
| Dental Support Services | 4 | NA |
| Ethnic Studies | 3 | NA |
| Allied Health Professions | 3 | NA |
| Horticulture | 0 | NA |
| Finance & Financial Management | 0 | NA |
| Hospitality Management | 0 | NA |
| Human Resource Management | 0 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 18,749 students took at least one online class at College of Southern Nevada. This is a decrease from the 19,704 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 18,749 | 8,158 |
| 2019-2020 | 19,704 | 7,489 |
| 2018-2019 | 15,757 | 6,420 |
| 2017-2018 | 15,912 | 6,621 |
| 2016-2017 | 15,368 | 6,363 |
Learn more about online learning at College of Southern Nevada.
Footnotes
*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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