College of Southern Nevada
Las Vegas, NV · Public · Large city · CSN
Public institution in Las Vegas, NV · 27,790 undergraduates · $38,087 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 3%Median graduate debt
- Top 3%Undergraduates
- Top 5%In-state tuition & fees
- Top 5%Cost of attendance
Stats
College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.
Cost
- Average net price
- $6,329140th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $4,110101st cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $12,209392nd cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $13,27091st cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $8,00051st lowest of 1,865 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $38,0871,692nd highest of 1,954 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $31,8221,692nd highest of 1,950 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 17.8%1,927th highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
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Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- —
- Average SAT
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- Median ACT
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Campus
- Undergraduates
- 27,79063rd largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 21.0:11,930th smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 29.6%1,222nd highest of 2,122 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 7 mi (LAS)
List appearances
This school doesn’t place in the top slice of any of our 111 lists. Most lists are Top 25–50, so absence here is common and says little on its own.
Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 3 of 3 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsHealth Professions | bachelors | $72,482 | $63,005 |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsHealth Professions | bachelors | — | — |
| Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsHealth Professions | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
Athletics — 6 sports
NJCAA Division I · NJCAA
Athletic scholarships allowed · Athletic aid $279,209 (M $140,915 · W $138,294)
Self-reported EADA participants (2024-2025). Athletic aid is institution-level, not per sport.
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to College of Southern Nevada’s 27,790 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In NV
- University of Nevada-Las VegasLas Vegas, NV · 24,131 undergrads
- University of Nevada-RenoReno, NV · 15,723 undergrads
- Truckee Meadows Community CollegeReno, NV · 6,752 undergrads
- Nevada State UniversityHenderson, NV · 3,791 undergrads
- Western Nevada CollegeCarson City, NV · 1,967 undergrads
- Great Basin CollegeElko, NV · 1,855 undergrads
Elsewhere
- California State University-SacramentoSacramento, CA · 27,867 undergrads
- Utah Valley UniversityOrem, UT · 27,481 undergrads
- University of South Carolina-ColumbiaColumbia, SC · 28,113 undergrads
- University of ArkansasFayetteville, AR · 27,312 undergrads
- Georgia State UniversityAtlanta, GA · 27,109 undergrads
- George Mason UniversityFairfax, VA · 27,083 undergrads
Key links
- Official websitecsn.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 182005)
- Compare colleges in NVRe-score with your weights
- The Most Selective Colleges in NevadaEvery eligible four-year in this state, ranked by published admission rate
- Compare with University of Nevada-Las VegasSide by side on every Scorecard measure — closest in-state school by enrollment
- Showdown: College of Southern Nevada vs University of Nevada-Las VegasHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
- Sports directoryAll 6 EADA programs at this school
- Build an admissions plan8th–12th grade actions for this college — sports, activities, timeline
- MethodologyWhat these figures do and do not capture
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