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Nevada has 16 four-year degree-granting institutions active in the federal directory — 8 public, 3 private nonprofit, and 5 private for-profit.
The list below is every active, degree-granting institution IPEDS classifies at the four-year level. It is a directory, not a ranking. Two-year colleges, certificate-only schools, and institutions that have closed or stopped reporting are not here.
Four-year institutions
| Institution | City | Control | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona College of Nursing-Las Vegas | Las Vegas | Private for-profit | |
| Chamberlain University-Nevada | Las Vegas | Private for-profit | |
| College of Southern Nevada | Las Vegas | Public | |
| DeVry University-Nevada | Henderson | Private for-profit | |
| Galen Health Institutes-Las Vegas | Las Vegas | Private for-profit | |
| Great Basin College | Elko | Public | |
| Las Vegas College | Las Vegas | Private for-profit | |
| Nevada State University | Henderson | Public | |
| Nevada System of Higher Education-System Office | Reno | Public | |
| Roseman University of Health Sciences | Henderson | Private nonprofit | Medical school |
| Touro University Nevada | Henderson | Private nonprofit | Medical school |
| Truckee Meadows Community College | Reno | Public | |
| University of Nevada-Las Vegas | Las Vegas | Public | Medical school |
| University of Nevada-Reno | Reno | Public | Land-grant; Medical school |
| Western Nevada College | Carson City | Public | |
| Wongu University of Oriental Medicine | Las Vegas | Private nonprofit |
Public university systems
System membership as recorded in the IPEDS directory. Counts are of four-year public members in this table only, so a system that also runs two-year campuses will show more members in its own materials.
| System | Four-year public members here |
|---|---|
| Nevada System of Higher Education | 8 |
Sources
- NCES IPEDS, Institutional Characteristics directory (HD2024) — the federal directory of postsecondary institutions participating in Title IV programs. Every institution, city, control, and system value above is read directly from that file. Retrieved 2026-08-11 from nces.ed.gov/ipeds.
- Filters applied: currently active (
CYACTIVE), degree-granting (DEGGRANT), and institutional level (ICLEVEL). Flags in the Notes column are the IPEDSHBCU,TRIBAL,LANDGRNT, andMEDICALfields.
Institution names are IPEDS legal names and sometimes differ from the name a school markets under. Check the institution's own site before relying on any detail here.
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