UNLV has made a concentrated effort over the past decade to draw in a diverse student body and support them from initial enrollment through graduation.(Nevada Current file photo)
For the second year in a row, UNLV was named the most diverse undergraduate campus by U.S News and World Report, tied for first place with Rutgers University, Newark.
UNLV is a Minority-Serving and Hispanic-Serving Institution, as designated by the U.S. Dept. of Education, with the report noting that 29 percent of the student body at UNLV is Hispanic.
But UNLV also fared well in the category of Least Debt for the Class of ‘17, ranking at #30.
Forty-six percent of UNLV graduating students took out loans, either from the university itself, from financial institutions, from federal, state and local governments, or a combination thereof. Of students who borrowed, the “average total indebtedness” was $21,333.
Meantime, the average need-based scholarship or grant award at UNLV is $6,697 while the in-state tuition and fees for the 2018 academic year was $7,308. Out-of-state tuition and fees come to $21,774 a year.
The median starting salary of UNLV alumni is $46,800, according to the U.S. News ranking report.
More than three-quarters of students applied for need-based assistance. Of those, 61 percent of full-time undergraduates received some kind of need-based financial aid at UNLV.
For most students who received financial aid, about two-thirds of their costs were met. Needs were fully met for only about 16 percent of students receiving aid.
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