Nursing at University of Nevada - Las Vegas

If you are interested in studying nursing, you may want to check out the program at University of Nevada - Las Vegas. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UNLV is located in Las Vegas, Nevada and approximately 31,142 students attend the school each year. Of the 323 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Nevada - Las Vegas in 2021, 196 of them were nursing majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Nursing section at the bottom of this page.

UNLV Nursing Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing
• Master’s Degree in Nursing
• Doctorate Degree in Nursing

Online Classes Are Available at UNLV

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

UNLV does offer online education options in nursing for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

UNLV Nursing Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the nursing progam at UNLV compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The nursing major at UNLV is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Nursing. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	20
	196
Most Focused Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	267
Most Focused Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	275
Most Popular Nursing Schools	285
Best Nursing Schools	372
Best Value Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	423
Most Focused Nursing Schools	1,597

In 2021, 38 students received their master’s degree in nursing from UNLV. This makes it the #247 most popular school for nursing master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 20 students who received their doctoral degrees in nursing, making the school the #148 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Nursing Graduates from UNLV Make?

The median salary of nursing students who receive their bachelor's degree at UNLV is $71,477. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 14% higher than the national average of $62,880 for all nursing bachelor's degree recipients.

Nursing Student Demographics at UNLV

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the nursing majors at University of Nevada - Las Vegas.

UNLV Nursing Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 196 nursing majors earned their bachelor's degree from UNLV. Of these graduates, 26% were men and 74% were women. The typical nursing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at UNLV since its program graduates 13% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 41% more racial-ethnic minorities in its nursing bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Nevada - Las Vegas with a bachelor's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	84
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	37
White	45
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	27

UNLV Nursing Master’s Program

The nursing program at UNLV awarded 38 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 11% of these degrees went to men with the other 89% going to women.

In the nursing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 37% of degree recipients. That is 1% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Nevada - Las Vegas with a master's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	18
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

UNLV also has a doctoral program available in nursing. In 2021, 20 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Nursing

The following nursing concentations are available at University of Nevada - Las Vegas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Nevada - Las Vegas. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing	234
Nursing Science	20

Related Majors

• Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences
• Mental & Social Health Services
• Public Health
• Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions
• Medicine

Careers That Nursing Grads May Go Into

A degree in nursing can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NV, the home state for University of Nevada - Las Vegas.

Occupation	Jobs in NV	Average Salary in NV
Registered Nurses	22,560	$85,620
Medical and Health Services Managers	2,360	$121,120
Nurse Practitioners	710	$112,540
Nursing Instructors and Professors	480	$76,120

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Stan Shebs under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.