ACCEPTANCE RATE
85.3%
More selective than 72% of listed universities.
SelectiveAccessible
Public University
University of Nevada-Reno
The University of Nevada, Reno offers a top-ranked education in Reno, Nevada. As a public Carnegie R1 research university, students join the Wolf Pack community with access to extensive research and athletics.
Reno, NVCity: Large
85.3%ACCEPTANCE
$16,801AVG NET PRICE
62%GRAD RATE
21.8KSTUDENTS
University data profileIPEDS 2023
THE SIGNATURE
University of Nevada-Reno Report Card
Explore university facts, programs, and campus life at a glance.
The University of Nevada, Reno is a public four-year institution located in Reno, Nevada. It operates as a top-ranked education provider within the Carnegie R1 research university classification. Students benefit from a seventeen-to-one student-to-faculty ratio led by world-renowned faculty across eighty-seven undergraduate majors.
Campus life features hundreds of dynamic research opportunities connected to career paths and over three hundred student clubs and organizations. The university offers study abroad locations in twenty-four countries alongside NCAA Division I athletics teams representing the Wolf Pack.
Students can explore transformative research access through sixty-plus research centers and facilities including a School of Medicine. The campus environment includes state-of-the-art fitness and performing arts facilities within a supportive community history spanning one hundred fifty years.
AT A GLANCE
TypePublicFour or more years
SettingCity: Large
Calendarsemester
GETTING IN
Admissions
The university maintains an acceptance rate of eighty-five point three percent with over ten thousand applicants annually. Financial aid and scholarships are available to support the college journey through grants and funding options provided by the institution.
Source: IPEDS 2023
APPLICATION FEE
No application fee.
WHAT IT COSTS
Cost & Financial Aid
Sticker price tells you little — net price after aid is what most families actually pay.
Source: IPEDS 2023
IN-STATE TUITION & FEES
$8,994/yr
Out-of-state: $25,950/yr. Nevada residents pay roughly 65% less.
Net price by income band
$0–$30,000
$30,001–$48,000
$48,001–$75,000
$75,001–$110,000
$110,001+
AVERAGE NET PRICE AFTER AID
$16,801/yr
▲ 2% since 2020-2165% receive aid
Average aid package $7,703.
IN THE CLASSROOM
Academics
Academic excellence meets alpine adventure as students engage in transformative research access across sixty-plus research centers and facilities. The curriculum includes undergraduate research opportunities with the Pack Research Experience Program alongside study abroad locations in twenty-four countries.
Source: IPEDS 2023
Student–faculty ratio
16:1
35.3% of classes have fewer than 20 students.
6-year graduation rate
62%
▲ 8 pts since 2016
First-year retention
80%
Compared with the 89% public-university median.
Undergrad majors
87
Undergraduate majors and programs
MOST POPULAR FIELDS OF STUDY
Public Health, General.8.6%
Business/Commerce, General.5%
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse.5%
Psychology, General.4.9%
Biology/Biological Sciences, General.4.8%
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration.4%
CAMPUS LIFE
Campus & Housing
Campus housing shows how many students live on-campus — which means nearby housing can be essential to the college experience.
On-campus beds
3,291
Setting
City: Large
IN CONTEXT
University of Nevada-Reno vs. peer institutions
How University of Nevada-Reno compares with officially identified or editorially reviewed peer institutions.
University of Nevada-Reno
$16,801
University of Hawaii at Manoa
$14,557
AFTER GRADUATION
Student outcomes
What graduates earn and how reliably they land work — the bottom-line return on the degree.
Source: College Scorecard 2025
Median earnings · 10 yrs after entry
$60,614
Working after 10 yrs
90.4%
Share of former students working and not enrolled, ten years after entry.
Earning more than a high-school graduate
82%
82% of students out-earn the typical high-school graduate — a core measure of mobility.
Data Sources: U.S. Department of Education IPEDS, National Center for Education Statistics. University Apartments is not affiliated with University of Nevada-Reno.