Financial Aid at UNLV

Financial Aid Amount Received

$5,796 (22.74% of tuition)

Percent of Financial Aid Received

77% of 25,312 students

19,870 undergraduate students (77% of all students) have received grants, scholarships, and/or federal student loans at University of Nevada-Las Vegas. The percentage of students who received financial aid extremely higher compared to Public, 4-Years Colleges in Nevada.

Compare to similar schools in rankings such as University of Cincinnati-Main Campus and University of Nebraska at Omaha, the percentage of students who received financial aid is higher (the average of the schools is 65.30%).

Undergraduate Financial Aid by Type

The average amount of grants of scholarship aid is $5,796 and the average loan amount is $8,953. The average financial aid amount is 22.74% of tuition & fees based on out-of-state rate (tuition & fees: $25,489).

	Number Receiving Aid	Percent Receiving Aid	Total Amount of Aid Received	Average Amount of Aid Received
Grant or scholarship aid	19,870	77%	$115,165,240	$5,796
Pell Grants	9,557	37%	$44,060,360	$4,610
Federal Students Loans	7,020	27%	$62,850,087	$8,953

Undergraduate Student Financial Aid Comparison Chart

First-time (full-time) Undergraduate Students Financial Aid

For the full-time, first-time undergraduate students (freshmen, in most cases), 3,973 students have received one or more types of financial aid at University of Nevada-Las Vegas.

The average amount of federal, state, local or institutional grant aid is $6,217 and the average amount of student loans awarded to full-time first-time undergraduate students is $6,039.

The following table shows the financial data by type of aid at University of Nevada-Las Vegas.

First-time Undergraduate Financial Aid by Type

	Number Receiving Aid	Percent Receiving Aid	Total Amount of Aid Received	Average Amount of Aid Received
Any Financial Aid	4,089	94%	-	-
Grant or scholarship aid	3,973	92%	$24,701,720	$6,217
Federal Grants	2,281	53%	$9,786,857	$4,291
Pell Grants	1,789	41%	$9,126,829	$5,102
Other Federal Grants	2,131	49%	$660,028	$310
State/Local Grants	3,292	76%	$7,611,336	$2,312
Institutional Grants	1,961	45%	$7,303,527	$3,724
Student Loans	914	21%	$5,519,848	$6,039
Federal Student Loans	888	21%	$4,439,563	$5,000
Other Student Loans	62	1%	$1,080,285	$17,424

Financial Aid by Income Level

The following table summarizes the number of schools receiving financial aid and its average amount by income levels at University of Nevada-Las Vegas.

Income Level	# of Students	# of Students Receiving Aid	Total Amount of Aid Received	Average Amount of Aid Received
All Income Level	-	-	$14,271,158	$6,613
0 - $30,000	783	783	$6,101,013	$7,792
$30,001 - $48,000	510	510	$4,061,643	$7,964
$48,001 - $75,000	456	452	$2,997,056	$6,572
$75,001 - $110,000	208	198	$663,912	$3,192
$110,001 - more	201	188	$447,534	$2,227

Paid Tuition Rates by Residency

At University of Nevada-Las Vegas, for the first-time/full-time students, 3,719 students have paid in-state rate of tuition and 608 students have paid out-of-state tuition rate.

	# of Students
In-District Rate	0
In-State Rate	3,719
Out-of-State Rate	608
Un-known	0

Number of Students by Living Arrangement (Freshmen)

At University of Nevada-Las Vegas, 588 full-time/first-time students live on-campus such as dormitory and campus-owned apartments, and 410 students live off-campus. In addition, 2327 students live with their family.