Higher Education Funding in Nevada

Nevada Facts & Statistics • Nevada ranked 45th in the nation for per-capita higher education support in FY 2014. • Between 2010 and 2015, per-student higher education appropriations in Nevada decreased by 34.5 percent. In response, tuition and fees at all public higher education institutions increased between 36 and 46 percent during that span. • Recession-era budget cuts to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas reduced its faculty levels to 60 percent of peer institutions throughout the nation. • Reductions in state allocations also caused reduced course offerings, program closures and degree eliminations at the University of Nevada, Reno, Great Basin College, Truckee Meadows Community College, and Western Nevada College. • At the College of Southern Nevada, nearly 5,300 students were unable to enroll because funds to expand available classes and student services were insufficient. • 23 percent of Nevada families earn $30,000 or less annually; they would need to invest more than 60 percent of that total to attend a fouryear Nevada university.