Las Vegas, Nevada. 24,131 undergraduate students. 259 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
UNITID 182281 · OPEID 002569 · IPEDS HDVINTAGE · COLLEGE SCORECARD · 2025-05 · HISTORY 1996–2024
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
Earnings, completion, debt, and enrollment anomalies at UNLV
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING WORSE+12%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at University of Nevada-Las Vegas rose 12% between 2021 and 2024 ($8.7k → $9.7k).
LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING BETTER-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at University of Nevada-Las Vegas fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (1.5% → 0.0%).
LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING WORSE+10%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at University of Nevada-Las Vegas rose 10% between 2021 and 2024 ($24.8k → $27.4k).
LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING BETTER+37%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at University of Nevada-Las Vegas rose 36% between 2021 and 2024 (19.4% → 26.5%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
UNLV earnings, debt, and completion vs. the Nevada median
Each tile compares this institution to the Nevada median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 10Y
$55,037+28% · 6→10y
Nevada median $39,289
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 6Y
$42,865
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry
COMPLETION · 150%
50.1%+35% · '97→'24
Nevada median 62.5%
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
$12,500+335% · '97→'20
At program completion
UNDERGRAD ENROLLMENT
24,131+78% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS
RETENTION
77.9%+9% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time
ADMISSION RATE
96.3%+20% · '01→'24
latest cohort
IN-STATE TUITION
$9,142+309% · '00→'24
out-of-state $26,098
SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How UNLV earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
ALL FEDERALLY AIDED STUDENTS · TAX-RECORD EARNINGSVINTAGE 2025-05
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings at UNLV
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
3.0%
0%8% · GE20%+
Median federal debt $12,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $55,037 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
UNLV enrollment, completion, and debt over time
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
UNDERGRAD · 1996–202424,622
Undergraduate enrollment.IPEDS EF
COMPLETION 150% · 1997–202450.5%
150%-time completion rate.IPEDS GR
MEDIAN DEBT · 1997–2020$19,450
Median federal student debt at exit.SCORECARD
COMPLETION · 150% · 1997→2024+35%
UNLV · completion · 150% rose
37.5% → 50.5%
COMPLETION · 100% · 1997→2024+148%
UNLV · completion · 100% rose
10.7% → 26.5%
UNDERGRAD ENROLLMENT · 1996→2024+78%
UNLV · undergrad enrollment rose
13,831 → 24,622
IN-STATE TUITION · 2000→2024+309%
UNLV · in-state tuition rose
$2,386 → $9,748
OUT-OF-STATE TUITION · 2000→2024+193%
UNLV · out-of-state tuition rose
$9,366 → $27,411
MEDIAN DEBT · 1997→2020+335%
UNLV · median debt rose
$4,467 → $19,450
COHORT DEFAULT RATE · 2011→2024-100%
UNLV · cohort default rate fell
6.7% → 0.0%
PELL SHARE · 2008→2024+148%
UNLV · pell share rose
16.2% → 40.1%
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
UNLV programs ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.
Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.
NET PRESENT VALUE
$256,973
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 12
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
Cost per year
$10,529
HS-only baseline · NV
$37,400
Years to complete
4
CIP family
52
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Institutions similar to UNLV in Nevada
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
“UNLV graduates earn $X” — not “UNLV makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending UNLV caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.