The main focus area for this major is Registered Nursing. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Nursing is a major offered under the health professions program of study at University of Nevada - Las Vegas. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the master’s degree program in nursing, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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Out-of-state part-time graduates at UNLV paid an average of $624 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $297 per credit hour. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $5,675 | $21,328 |
Fees | $634 | $634 |
The median early career salary of nursing students who receive their master’s degree from UNLV is $106,421 per year. That is 9% higher than the national average of $97,473.
UNLV does not offer an online option for its nursing master’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UNLV Online Learning page.
About 96.6% of the students who received their Master’s in nursing in 2019-2020 were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 86.9%.
Around 27.6% of nursing master’s degree recipients at UNLV in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 33%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 4 |
Black or African American | 2 |
Hispanic or Latino | 2 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 19 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 2 |
Nursing students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Registered Nursing | 29 |
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences | 6 |
Health & Medical Administrative Services | 26 |
Public Health | 19 |
*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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