Colleges in Nevada

Nevada has 12 private and 6 public 4-year colleges that enroll 90,461 freshman students every year. The average tuition of public colleges is $4,229 (for in-state students) and $14,040 (for out-of-state students). The private colleges charge around $24,400 per year in tuition regardless of residency.

In the 2016-2017 academic year, the state of Nevada provided $27,545,074 in financial aid to 12,116 students who enrolled in 4-year colleges for the first time as undergraduates, while the colleges themselves awarded $10,617,152 in grant and scholarships to 3,907 students.

Nevada receives less than 1% of the total pell grant allotment from the federal government. In 2016-2017 academic year, 4,074 4-year colleges freshmen were awarded a total amount of $17,657,687 in pell grant ($4,312 per student on average) and 3,416 students received a total amount of $17,255,816 in the form of student loan from the federal government ($6,250 per student on average).