Enrollment Trends for Nevada Colleges

There are 15 active four-years colleges and universities in Nevada - 7 public and 8 private schools. In the academic year 2022-2023, a total of 109,537 students have enrolled in four-years colleges in Nevada including undergraduate and graduate programs. Compared to the population of 10 years ago, the the number of students increased by 1.31% from 108,125 to 109,537. The undergraduate population increased by 0.29% and the graduate population increased by 10.61% in last 10 years at Nevada Colleges.

By gender, there are 63,706 female students and 45,831 male students enrolled in the schools. The female to male students ratio is 1.39 to 1. The female students increased by 5.85% and male students decreased by 4.4% in that period.

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Student Population Changes

The average number of students over the past 11 years is 111,715, and 109,537 students were attending the schools in the academic year 2022-2023. Of the total students, 89.23% are undergraduate students and 10.77% are graduate students. Over the past 11, the number of undergraduate students increased by 280, and the graduate student enrollment increased by 1,132.

The female to male ratio is 1.39 to 1, meaning that there are more female students enrolled in Nevada Colleges than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Nevada Colleges since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	108,125	97,456	43,119	54,337	10,669	4,819	5,850
2013-14	107,621 -504	96,876 -580	42,960 -159	53,916 -421	10,745 76	4,903 84	5,842 -8
2014-15	113,246 5,625	102,002 5,126	44,840 1,880	57,162 3,246	11,244 499	4,980 77	6,264 422
2015-16	110,937 -2,309	99,681 -2,321	43,457 -1,383	56,224 -938	11,256 12	4,956 -24	6,300 36
2016-17	112,504 1,567	101,283 1,602	43,644 187	57,639 1,415	11,221 -35	4,818 -138	6,403 103
2017-18	113,720 1,216	102,062 779	44,025 381	58,037 398	11,658 437	4,843 25	6,815 412
2018-19	114,630 910	102,831 769	44,181 156	58,650 613	11,799 141	4,876 33	6,923 108
2019-20	115,800 1,170	103,719 888	44,135 -46	59,584 934	12,081 282	4,916 40	7,165 242
2020-21	111,975 -3,825	99,693 -4,026	40,688 -3,447	59,005 -579	12,282 201	4,903 -13	7,379 214
2021-22	110,775 -1,200	98,299 -1,394	40,885 197	57,414 -1,591	12,476 194	4,994 91	7,482 103
2022-23	109,537 -1,238	97,736 -563	41,104 219	56,632 -782	11,801 -675	4,727 -267	7,074 -408
Average	111,715	100,149	43,003	57,145	11,567	4,885	6,682

Nevada Colleges Student Population Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the past 11 years is 100,149. Compared 11 years ago, the number of Undergraduate students increased by 280 from 97,456 to 97,736.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Nevada Colleges since 2013.

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	97,456	45,685	20,816	24,869	51,771	22,303	29,468
2013-14	96,876	46,277	21,051	25,226	50,599	21,909	28,690
2014-15	102,002	50,420	22,702	27,718	51,582	22,138	29,444
2015-16	99,681	51,173	22,923	28,250	48,508	20,534	27,974
2016-17	101,283	51,979	22,976	29,003	49,304	20,668	28,636
2017-18	102,062	52,489	23,131	29,358	49,573	20,894	28,679
2018-19	102,831	53,038	23,268	29,770	49,793	20,913	28,880
2019-20	103,719	53,595	23,066	30,529	50,124	21,069	29,055
2020-21	99,693	52,438	21,756	30,682	47,255	18,932	28,323
2021-22	98,299	51,180	21,523	29,657	47,119	19,362	27,757
2022-23	97,736	51,328	21,664	29,664	46,408	19,440	26,968
Average	100,149	100,149	22,261	28,611	100,149	20,742	28,534

Nevada Colleges Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the past 11 years is 11,567. Compared 11 years ago, the number of Graduate students increased by 1,132 from 10,669 to 11,801.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Nevada Colleges since 2013.

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	10,669	5,758	2,764	2,994	4,911	2,055	2,856
2013-14	10,745	5,922	2,797	3,125	4,823	2,106	2,717
2014-15	11,244	6,522	2,989	3,533	4,722	1,991	2,731
2015-16	11,256	6,657	3,000	3,657	4,599	1,956	2,643
2016-17	11,221	6,576	2,891	3,685	4,645	1,927	2,718
2017-18	11,658	6,818	2,916	3,902	4,840	1,927	2,913
2018-19	11,799	6,928	3,003	3,925	4,871	1,873	2,998
2019-20	12,081	7,106	3,067	4,039	4,975	1,849	3,126
2020-21	12,282	7,123	2,997	4,126	5,159	1,906	3,253
2021-22	12,476	7,146	2,994	4,152	5,330	2,000	3,330
2022-23	11,801	6,964	2,869	4,095	4,837	1,858	2,979
Average	11,567	11,567	2,935	3,748	11,567	1,950	2,933

Nevada Colleges Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 34.51% and the percentage of black students is 7.27% at Nevada Colleges. 11.43% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Nevada Colleges over the past 11 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	994	10,377	7,638	21,145	1,401	54,151	4,936
2013-14	897	10,572	7,415	22,475	1,372	52,237	5,294
2014-15	879	10,786	8,350	24,849	1,318	52,603	6,142
2015-16	826	11,015	7,935	25,339	1,241	50,619	6,429
2016-17	802	11,393	7,818	27,544	1,191	49,084	6,830
2017-18	796	11,793	7,799	29,731	1,076	47,834	7,190
2018-19	780	12,175	8,085	30,983	1,111	46,349	7,609
2019-20	730	12,705	8,152	32,813	1,024	45,166	8,156
2020-21	611	12,755	7,730	32,692	929	42,665	8,432
2021-22	651	12,469	7,868	34,028	863	40,323	8,776
2022-23	596	12,519	7,964	35,017	802	37,797	9,313
Average	778	11,687	7,887	28,783	1,121	47,166	7,192

Nevada Colleges Student Population by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

22,583 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 21% of total students. The number of online students has increased 90.77% since 2013.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Nevada Colleges from 2012 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2012-13	108,125	11,838	22,924	73,363
2013-14	107,621	12,151	23,809	71,661
2014-15	113,246	12,923	25,417	74,906
2015-16	110,937	13,270	27,424	70,243
2016-17	112,504	13,517	29,636	69,351
2017-18	113,720	13,970	30,894	68,856
2018-19	114,630	15,001	31,131	68,498
2019-20	115,800	16,165	33,753	65,882
2020-21	111,975	37,061	37,926	36,988
2021-22	110,775	21,170	38,268	51,337
2022-23	109,537	22,583	36,925	50,029
Average	111,715	17,241	30,737	63,738

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