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Trends by state

Trends by state

Nevada

8 colleges on the site — too few to summarize with a median (the site needs 10 or more). Here's who they are, and this state's biggest movers.

Colleges in Nevada

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Where Nevada's first-years come from

First-years crossing state lines, fall 2024

Inflow
1,367
Outflow
3,298
Net
-1,931

Nevada's colleges enroll 0.4 first-years from other states for every Nevada resident who starts college in another state, among four-year colleges on this site.

Colleges taking the most of the inflow

  1. University of Nevada-Reno57%
  2. University of Nevada-Las Vegas42%
  3. Nevada State University0%

One fall, over campus-based colleges only: not that fall, not for-profit, and not a campus that merged or split.

Biggest movers in Nevada

Applications surged

, fall 2014 to fall 2024

Median college: +86.0% (2 colleges ranked)

  1. 1University of Nevada-Reno+100.2%8,832 → 17,679
  2. 2University of Nevada-Las Vegas+71.8%7,408 → 12,730

Sources:IPEDS Admissions survey, Fall 2014 to Fall 2024;College Scorecard (enrollment), Fall 2014 to Fall 2024;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (distance education), Fall 2014 to Fall 2024About the data(built 2026-10-12; CPI retrieved 2026-10-12)

Top 2 and how it's ranked

Grew the most

, fall 2014 to fall 2024

Median college: +5.5% (3 colleges ranked)

  1. 1Nevada State University+15.6%3,254 → 3,762
  2. 2University of Nevada-Las Vegas+5.5%23,329 → 24,622

Sources:College Scorecard (enrollment), Fall 2014 to Fall 2024;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (distance education), Fall 2014 to Fall 2024About the data(built 2026-10-12; CPI retrieved 2026-10-12)

Top 2 and how it's ranked

Students pay much less

(in 2023–24 dollars), 2013–14 to 2023–24

Median college: −13.3% (2 colleges ranked)

  1. 1University of Nevada-Las Vegas−14.8%$25,481 → $21,722
  2. 2University of Nevada-Reno−11.8%$30,178 → $26,629

Sources:IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey, 2013–14 to 2023–24;IPEDS Student Financial Aid survey, 2013–14 to 2023–24;College Scorecard (enrollment), Fall 2013 to Fall 2024;inflation: BLS CPI-U, school-year averagesAbout the data(built 2026-10-12; CPI retrieved 2026-10-12)

Top 2 and how it's ranked