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Nevada Colleges

Nevada Colleges Summary

Nevada has a small number of colleges and adult education institutions, only 33 as of 2005, the 11th lowest total of any US state. Nonetheless, nearly 200,000 students attend these schools. People in Nevada don't appear to make much use of dorm rooms. Only 5.4% of students stay in dorms, and this is the lowest percentage of all US states.

Nevada is also one of only six states where less than one in ten of its post-secondary schools require SAT scores for admission. The average SAT score is also the seventh lowest in the country at just over 475. Almost nine out of ten of Nevada's students go to public schools, the seventh highest public enrollment percentage in the country, yet nearly 10% of Nevada's adult students go to for-profit schools (the eighth highest for-profit enrollment in the country). This is a consequence of having nearly no private not-for-profit schools.

The largest college in Nevada is the University of Nevada with more than 44,000 students and locations in Las Vegas and Reno. There is also an unusually large community college, the Community College of Southern Nevada with over 34,000 students. One other college in Nevada also has more than 10,000 students, and that is Truckee Meadows Community College.

The mailing address and web site address for the Nevada Department of Education is as follows:

700 East Fifth Street
Carson City, NV 89701
Website: http://www.doe.nv.gov/

Nevada Colleges and Career Schools

SchoolCityStudentsDormsOpen AdmissionTypical SAT Range
Academy of Hair DesignLas Vegas165 Yes 
Academy of Healing ArtsLas Vegas  Yes 
Apollo CollegeLas Vegas  Yes 
Career College of Northern NevadaReno  Yes 
Carson City Beauty AcademyCarson99 Yes 
College of Southern NevadaLas Vegas37,758 Yes 
Crescent City Bartending SchoolLas Vegas227 Yes 
DeVry UniversityHenderson  Yes 
Everest CollegeHenderson  Yes 
Expertise Cosmetology InstituteLas Vegas32 Yes 
Great Basin CollegeElko3,216147Yes 
Heritage CollegeLas Vegas475 No 
High-Tech InstituteLas Vegas  Yes 
Institute of Professional CareersLas Vegas11 Yes 
International Academy of Design and TechnologyHenderson  Yes 
ITT Technical InstituteHenderson  Yes 
Kaplan CollegeLas Vegas  Yes 
Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry UniversityHenderson  Yes 
Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts Las VegasLas Vegas  Yes 
Le Cordon Bleu Schools North AmericaLas Vegas  Yes 
Marinello School of BeautyLas Vegas226 Yes 
Milan InstituteSparks  Yes 
Milan Institute of CosmetologyReno  Yes 
Morrison UniversityReno  Yes 
Nevada Career InstituteLas Vegas80 Yes 
Nevada State CollegeHenderson2,196 No 
Northwest Health CareersLas Vegas162 Yes 
Pima Medical InstituteLas Vegas820 Yes 
Sierra Nevada CollegeIncline Village833176NoV: 420-550
M: 430-540
TechSkillsLas Vegas  Yes 
The Art InstitutesHenderson  Yes 
Truckee Meadows Community CollegeReno12,166 Yes 
University of Nevada Las VegasLas Vegas27,9602,000NoV: 450-560
M: 450-580
University of Nevada RenoReno16,6811,761NoV: 460-580
M: 460-590
W: 430-550
University of PhoenixLas Vegas, Reno  Yes 
University of Southern NevadaHenderson671 No 
Western Nevada CollegeCarson City4,820 Yes 
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