+12%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at University of Nevada-Reno rose 12% between 2021 and 2024 ($24.7k → $27.7k).
Nevada · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
Nevada
Reno, Nevada. 15,723 undergraduate students. 198 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
Earnings, completion, debt, and enrollment anomalies at Nevada
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.
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at University of Nevada-Reno fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (0.8% → 0.0%).
+12%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at University of Nevada-Reno rose 12% between 2021 and 2024 ($8.6k → $9.6k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
Nevada 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.
$60,614+23% · 6→10y
Nevada median $39,289$49,182
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry62.5%+60% · '97→'24
Nevada median 62.5%$13,000+244% · '97→'20
At program completion15,723+87% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS80.3%+5% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time85.3%-22% · '01→'24
latest cohort$8,994+282% · '00→'24
out-of-state $25,950SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How Nevada 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).
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 Nevada
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
2.9%Median federal debt $13,000 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $60,614 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Nevada enrollment, completion, and debt over time
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
150%-time completion rate.
Median federal student debt at exit.
+60%
Nevada · completion · 150% rose
38.3% → 61.2%
+300%
Nevada · completion · 100% rose
10.5% → 41.9%
+87%
Nevada · undergrad enrollment rose
8,353 → 15,599
+282%
Nevada · in-state tuition rose
$2,505 → $9,578
+192%
Nevada · out-of-state tuition rose
$9,485 → $27,720
+244%
Nevada · median debt rose
$5,500 → $18,922
-100%
Nevada · cohort default rate fell
6.8% → 0.0%
+94%
Nevada · pell share rose
11.8% → 22.9%
+21%
Nevada · earnings_median_10yr rose
$50,200 → $60,614
+21%
Nevada · earnings_median_8yr rose
$45,300 → $54,896
+25%
Nevada · earnings_median_6yr rose
$39,200 → $49,182
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Nevada 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.
Medicine$189,236Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing$137,609Computer and Information Sciences, General$131,367Business Administration, Management and Operations$111,459Computer Engineering$107,148Civil Engineering$102,489Psychology, General$98,544Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering$96,796Mining and Mineral Engineering$94,923Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing$93,888Mechanical Engineering$87,851Chemical Engineering$86,398Civil Engineering$83,066Accounting and Related Services$80,890Finance and Financial Management Services$77,047Mathematics$77,008Psychology, General$75,814Business/Managerial Economics$74,982Communication Disorders Sciences and Services$72,306Social Work$68,581Marketing$68,166Public Health$67,576Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology$67,285Computer and Information Sciences, General$65,704
Showing top 24 of 55 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
55 Nevada programs with earnings, grouped by field
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCES · CIP 11
EDUCATION · CIP 13
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods$51,321Educational Administration and Supervision$62,304Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods$57,660Student Counseling and Personnel Services$60,099Special Education and Teaching$60,121Education, Other$51,617
ENGINEERING · CIP 14
FOREIGN LANGUAGES · CIP 16
FAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCES · CIP 19
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS · CIP 27
MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES · CIP 30
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General$58,380Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing$93,888Public Health$67,576Medicine$189,236Communication Disorders Sciences and Services$59,487Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing$137,609Communication Disorders Sciences and Services$72,306
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
Marketing$68,166Business/Commerce, General$64,915Finance and Financial Management Services$77,047Business Administration, Management and Operations$111,459Accounting and Related Services$80,890Business Administration, Management and Operations$62,753International Business$61,572Business/Managerial Economics$74,982
HISTORY · CIP 54
NATURAL RESOURCES & CONSERVATION · CIP 03
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Nevada
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
$334,865
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 10
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $15,116
- HS-only baseline · NV
- $37,400
- Years to complete
- 4
- CIP family
- 51
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 Nevada in Nevada
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Nevada graduates earn $X” — not “Nevada makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Nevada 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.