Western Nevada College
Carson City, NV · Public · Small city · WNC
Public institution in Carson City, NV · 1,967 undergraduates · $41,987 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 5%In-state tuition & fees
- Top 6%Median graduate debt
- Top 18%Cost of attendance
- Top 19%Out-of-state tuition & fees
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
- $12,424478th cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $3,92094th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $12,019387th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $19,595349th cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $10,500118th lowest of 1,880 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $41,9871,527th highest of 1,969 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $36,9171,424th highest of 1,964 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 36.6%1,607th highest of 2,031 reporting
- Full-time retention
- —
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- —
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
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Campus
- Undergraduates
- 1,967947th largest of 2,162 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 18.0:11,713th smallest of 2,159 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 18.4%1,804th highest of 2,140 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 177 mi (SFO)
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 1 of 1 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and InspectionConstruction Trades | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
Key links
- Official websitewnc.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 182564)
- Compare colleges in NVRe-score with your weights
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- Showdown: Western Nevada College vs Great Basin CollegeHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
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