by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
University of Nevada - Las Vegas was awarded 50 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is early childhood education.
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UNLV landed the #371 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This puts it in the top 20% of all schools in the nation.
UNLV also holds the #1 spot on the Best Colleges in Nevada ranking.
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Because it has a high acceptance rate of 85%, some consider UNLV to be a safety school. But don't just assume that admittance is in the bag. Make sure to spend enough time on your application so that it is in tip-top shape.
About 9% of students accepted to UNLV submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 510 and 620. Math scores were between 490 and 600.
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The student to faculty ratio at University of Nevada - Las Vegas is about average at 18 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at University of Nevada - Las Vegas is 99%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
University of Nevada - Las Vegas has a freshmen retention rate of 77%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
When we say that a student has graduated on time, we mean that they have finished their bachelor's degree within four years. The on-time graduation rate at UNLV is 17%. That's lower than the national rate of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 25,864 undergraduates at UNLV with 19,843 being full-time and 6,021 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $10,473 | $10,280 | $11,712 | $15,386 | $16,858 |
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 UNLV, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At UNLV, approximately 24% of students took out student loans averaging $5,722 a year. That adds up to $22,888 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for UNLV are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 4505 S Maryland Pky, Las Vegas, NV 89154 |
| Phone: | 702-895-3011 |
| Website: | www.unlv.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Hospitality Management | 522 | $35,277 |
| General Psychology | 422 | $31,007 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 343 | $37,639 |
| Nursing | 295 | $83,327 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 262 | $49,475 |
| General Biology | 250 | $24,989 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 240 | $32,365 |
| Health & Physical Education | 226 | $29,123 |
| Business Administration & Management | 225 | $33,770 |
| Accounting | 219 | $49,751 |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2022-2023, 18,760 students took at least one online class at University of Nevada - Las Vegas. This is an increase from the 18,307 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 18,760 | 2,882 |
| 2021-2022 | 18,307 | 2,869 |
| 2020-2021 | 28,938 | 13,643 |
| 2018-2019 | 12,680 | 1,492 |
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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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