Admissions & selectivity
University of Nevada-Las Vegas Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at UNLV?
UNLV’s reported acceptance rate is 96.2%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 96.2%
Source: College Scorecard · Fall 2024 admissions. Acceptance rates can change from year to year; this figure does not predict the current or next admission cycle.
How to interpret the acceptance rate
The University of Nevada-Las Vegas admits 96.2% of applicants. For context, the median admission rate for comparable institutions (same type and size) is 78.1%, so the university sits well above that benchmark.
What SAT and ACT scores do enrolled UNLV students report?
In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, the university reported a 3.38 average high-school GPA among enrolled first-year students, based on the 97.2% who reported a GPA. This is an average, not a cutoff.
Among enrolled students who submitted ACT scores, the middle half scored from 18 to 25; 65% of the entering class submitted ACT scores. For the 9% who submitted SAT scores, the middle half ranged from 750 to 1020.
Of enrolled first-year students with a reported class rank, 23% finished in the highest tenth of their high-school class and 51% in the highest quarter. 81% of the entering class reported a rank.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at UNLV. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
9% of entering students submitted SAT scores
- 25th percentile
- 750
- Median
- 1010
- 75th percentile
- 1020
CDS 2024-25 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
65% of entering students submitted ACT scores
- 25th percentile
- 18
- Median
- 21
- 75th percentile
- 25
CDS 2024-25 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
Source: University of Nevada-Las Vegas Common Data Set 2024-25, C9 · Enrolled first-time, first-year score submitters.
Who enrolls at UNLV?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 40.1%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 35.7%
- First-year retention
- 79.2%
Retention source: College Scorecard; full-time first-year retention.
About these student measures
The entering-student group includes part-time entrants as well as other attendance patterns.
The University of Nevada-Las Vegas admits 96.2% of applicants, well above the median of 78.1% for comparable institutions (same type and size). The university enrolls 24,622 undergraduates.
Pell Grant recipients make up 40.1% of the undergraduate body, and an estimated 35.7% of students enter as transfers or part-time students. In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, the university reported 4,517 degree-seeking transfer applicants, 3,365 admitted, and 2,323 enrolled.
The campus draws heavily from students who begin elsewhere and from those receiving federal need-based aid, and the student body has varied academic starting points. Pell-eligible and transfer applicants should connect with the university's financial aid and transfer-credit offices early, since both groups form a large share of the community.
The six-year graduation rate for the first-time, full-time cohort is 50.5%, below the peer median of 65.0%. First-year retention stands at 79.2%, also below the peer median of 83.1%.
In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, the university reported a six-year graduation rate of 50.5% for the first-time, full-time fall 2018 entering class. Pell Grant recipients in that cohort completed at 47.6%, below the overall rate.
Pell Grant recipients in the first-time, full-time cohort complete at 48.1%, below the overall six-year rate by 2.4 percentage points. Enrolled students can expect a university where completion runs behind comparable institutions, and where Pell recipients finish below the overall six-year rate.
Data & methodology
Sources and reporting periods: methodology.
Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.
Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.
Admission rates describe past applicants, not an individual’s chance of admission; confirm requirements and deadlines with the institution.
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