Enrollment Trends at NSC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 5,853 where 7,549 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

98.87% of total students is undergraduate students and 1.13% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 3,930 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 85 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.43 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in NSC than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Nevada State University since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Level Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,534	3,534	856	2,678	0	0	0
2016-17	3,747 213	3,747 213	922 66	2,825 147	0	0	0
2017-18	4,216 469	4,216 469	1,046 124	3,170 345	0	0	0
2018-19	4,930 714	4,930 714	1,181 135	3,749 579	0	0	0
2019-20	5,584 654	5,531 601	1,386 205	4,145 396	53 53	3 3	50 50
2020-21	7,289 1,705	7,218 1,687	1,873 487	5,345 1,200	71 18	5 2	66 16
2021-22	7,227 -62	7,158 -60	1,887 14	5,271 -74	69 -2	5	64 -2
2022-23	7,169 -58	7,115 -43	1,970 83	5,145 -126	54 -15	2 -3	52 -12
2023-24	7,283 114	7,224 109	2,051 81	5,173 28	59 5	1 -1	58 6
2024-25	7,549 266	7,464 240	2,198 147	5,266 93	85 26	3 2	82 24
Average	5,853	5,814	1,537	4,277	39	2	37

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 5,814 where 7,464 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Nevada State University since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,534	1,344	352	992	2,190	504	1,686
2016-17	3,747	1,539	399	1,140	2,208	523	1,685
2017-18	4,216	1,708	426	1,282	2,508	620	1,888
2018-19	4,930	1,805	401	1,404	3,125	780	2,345
2019-20	5,531	2,001	440	1,561	3,530	946	2,584
2020-21	7,218	2,079	406	1,673	5,139	1,467	3,672
2021-22	7,158	2,055	417	1,638	5,103	1,470	3,633
2022-23	7,115	1,997	440	1,557	5,118	1,530	3,588
2023-24	7,224	2,252	506	1,746	4,972	1,545	3,427
2024-25	7,464	2,428	535	1,893	5,036	1,663	3,373
Average	5,814	5,814	432	1,489	5,814	1,105	2,788

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 39 where 85 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Nevada State University since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2016-17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017-18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018-19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019-20	53	22	2	20	31	1	30
2020-21	71	20	3	17	51	2	49
2021-22	69	32	2	30	37	3	34
2022-23	54	17	1	16	37	1	36
2023-24	59	21	0	21	38	1	37
2024-25	85	42	3	39	43	0	43
Average	39	39	1	14	39	1	23

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 21.96% and the percentage of black students is 8.82% at Nevada State University. 13.26% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 41.44% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 41.11% to 21.96%. Asian enrollment grew from 9.88% to 13.26%. Black student enrollment decreased from 9.73% to 8.82%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 25.04% to 41.44%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7508 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.7463 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Nevada State University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

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• Interactive Chart
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Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	12	349	344	885	56	1,453	174
2016-17	21	432	340	1,008	66	1,361	202
2017-18	26	497	349	1,373	55	1,368	229
2018-19	22	563	405	1,783	80	1,374	259
2019-20	16	609	425	2,096	82	1,464	318
2020-21	18	845	551	2,830	86	1,524	432
2021-22	17	674	531	2,959	62	1,410	535
2022-23	14	881	580	2,807	66	1,227	578
2023-24	15	901	628	3,022	84	1,312	436
2024-25	18	1,001	666	3,128	88	1,658	460
Average	18	675	482	2,189	73	1,415	362