University of Nevada-Las Vegas Student Population

How many students at UNLV?

For the academic year 2024-2025, University of Nevada-Las Vegas has a total enrollment of 32,911 students, including 27,132 undergraduate and 5,779 graduate students.

• Gender Breakdown: 14,191 male students (43.1%) and 18,720 female students (56.9%) are attending .
• Race and Ethnicity Breakdown: The two largest race/ethnicity groups are 11,205 Hispanic students (34%) and 8,613 White students (26.2%).
• Class Level Breakdown: 27,132 undergraduate students (82.4%) and 5,779 graduate students (17.6%).
• Class Delivery: 3,840 students are enrolled online exclusively, while 16,321 students take a hybrid mix of online and on-campus courses.

Compared to similar public Research University (very high research activity) - which average 34,856 - UNLV's body is relatively small.

Explore complete student demographics below, including gender ratio, race and ethnicity, age distribution, and distance learning statistics.

Enrollment by Gender and Class Level

By gender, 14,191 male (43.12%) and 18,720 female (56.88%) students are attending University of Nevada-Las Vegas. The number of male students per 100 females students (male-to-female ratio) is 75.81.

By class level, 27,132 (82.44%) are undergraduate students and 5,779 (17.56%) are graduate students. Among undergraduates, 43.86% are male and 56.14% are female, while among graduate students, 39.63% are male and 60.37% are female.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 8,613 White, 2,910 Black, and 5,167 Asian students out of a total of 32,911 are attending at University of Nevada-Las Vegas. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

University of Nevada-Las Vegas is quite diverse with a diversity index of 77.3% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution demonstrates strong racial and ethnic diversity among its student body.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, UNLV has 1,582 students under 18 years old and 90 students over 65 years old. There are 23,180 students under 25 years old, and 9,731 students over 25 years old out of 32,911 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 1,582 students are younger than 18 and 35 students are older than 65. UNLV has 22,061 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 5,071 students aged 25 and over.

It has 1,119 graduate students aged under 25 and 4,660 students aged 25 and over.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At University of Nevada-Las Vegas, 3,840 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 16,321 students are enrolled in some online courses.

3,274 students who live in Nevada or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 566 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 27,132 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 2,221 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 8.19%.1,591 students have transferred in as full-time status and 630 students transferred in as part-time status.