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Nevada: Almanac 2012

August 26, 2012

DEMOGRAPHICS
	State:	Nation:
Population:
State rank: 35	2,700,551	308,745,538
Age distribution:
Up to 4	6.9%	6.5%
5 to 14	13.6%	13.3%
15 to 19	6.8%	7.1%
20 to 24	6.6%	7.0%
25 to 44	28.5%	26.6%
45 to 64	25.6%	26.4%
65 and older	12.0%	13.0%

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DEMOGRAPHICS
	State:	Nation:
Population:
State rank: 35	2,700,551	308,745,538
Age distribution:
Up to 4	6.9%	6.5%
5 to 14	13.6%	13.3%
15 to 19	6.8%	7.1%
20 to 24	6.6%	7.0%
25 to 44	28.5%	26.6%
45 to 64	25.6%	26.4%
65 and older	12.0%	13.0%
Racial and ethnic distribution:
American Indian	1.2%	0.9%
Asian	7.2%	4.8%
Black	8.1%	12.6%
Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.2%
White	66.2%	72.4%
More than one race	4.7%	2.9%
Hispanic (may be any race)	26.5%	16.3%
Other	12.0%	6.2%
Educational attainment of adults (highest level):
8th grade or less	6.3%	6.2%
Some high school, no diploma	9.4%	8.7%
High-school diploma	29.7%	29.0%
Some college, no degree	25.5%	20.6%
Associate degree	7.3%	7.5%
Bachelor’s degree	14.4%	17.6%
Master’s degree	5.0%	7.2%
Doctoral degree	0.7%	1.2%
Professional degree	1.6%	2.0%
Proportion who speak a language other than English at home:
	28.5%	20.0%
Per capita personal income:
State rank: 31	$38,173	$41,663
Poverty rate:
	14.9%	15.3%
New public-high-school graduates:
Estimated for 2012-13	19,610	2,912,480
Projected change from 2007-8 to 2020-21	31.0%	-0.6%
New GED diploma recipients:
	4,286	434,126

FINANCE
	State:	Nation:
Average tuition and fees:
At public 4-year institutions	$4,005	$7,136
At public 2-year institutions	$2,243	$2,439
At private 4-year institutions	$15,217	$22,771
State funds for higher-education operating expenses:
	$473,255,848	$72,543,813,412
One-year change:	-14.0%	-7.5%
State spending on student aid:
Need-based grants	$28,474,000	$6,543,322,000
Non-need-based grants	$24,069,000	$2,698,392,000
Nongrant aid	$16,823,000	$1,813,221,000
Total	$69,366,000	$11,054,934,000
Total spending on research and development by colleges and universities:
	$174,247,000	$61,234,893,000
One-year change	-7.0%	6.9%
Sources of research financing:
Federal government	68.2%	61.2%
State and local governments	5.0%	6.3%
Industry	1.4%	5.2%
Nonprofit	2.3%	6.1%
Institution itself	22.9%	19.4%
Other	0.2%	1.7%
Share of research spending for specific fields:
Engineering	11.5%	15.3%
Environmental sciences	34.8%	4.9%
Life sciences	28.7%	57.0%
Math and computer sciences	2.3%	3.7%
Physical sciences	9.1%	7.6%
Psychology	1.2%	1.8%
Social sciences	5.2%	3.3%
Other sciences	5.4%	1.9%
Fields other than science and engineering	1.9%	4.7%
Largest endowment:
University of Nevada, Reno Foundation	$235,404,477
Top fund raisers:
University of Nevada at Las Vegas	$29,873,961
University of Nevada at Reno	$23,069,487

THE PROFESSION
	State:	Nation:
Average pay of full-time professors
Public doctoral institutions:
Professor	$120,344	$112,647
Associate professor	$87,006	$78,804
Assistant professor	$70,423	$67,236
All	$89,937	$81,647
Public master’s institutions:
Professor	n/a	$87,677
Associate professor	n/a	$70,215
Assistant professor	n/a	$59,511
All	n/a	$68,178
Private nonprofit doctoral institutions:
Professor	n/a	$133,973
Associate professor	n/a	$86,108
Assistant professor	n/a	$72,242
All	n/a	$95,028
Private nonprofit master’s institutions:
Professor	$75,352	$82,002
Associate professor	$56,770	$66,466
Assistant professor	$55,854	$55,352
All	$62,953	$65,735
Other 4-year institutions:
Public	$65,278	$61,039
Private nonprofit	n/a	$65,697
2-year colleges:
Public	$64,965	$62,301
Private nonprofit	n/a	$46,347

STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICS
	State:	Nation:
Enrollment:
Undergraduate	116,743	18,078,672
Graduate and professional	12,617	2,937,454
At public 4-year institutions	100,516	7,924,771
At public 2-year institutions	12,587	7,218,038
At private 4-year institutions, nonprofit	3,370	3,822,260
At private 2-year institutions, nonprofit	n/a	32,660
At private 4-year institutions, for-profit	7,589	1,588,220
At private 2-year institutions, for-profit	5,298	430,177
Total	129,360	21,016,126
Public institutions	87%	72%
4-year institutions	86%	63%
2-year institutions	14%	37%
Degrees awarded:
Associate	4,068	849,452
Bachelor’s	7,345	1,650,014
Master’s	2,652	693,025
Doctorate	830	158,558
Residence of new students:
State: State residents made up 89% of all freshmen enrolled in Nevada in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year; 75% of all Nevada residents who were freshmen attended college in their home state.
Nation: 81% of all freshmen in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year attended colleges in their home states.
Graduation rates at public 4-year institutions:
All	43.6%	56.0%
Men	39.4%	53.0%
Women	46.9%	58.5%
American Indian	42.6%	37.0%
Asian	45.2%	66.3%
Black	33.7%	38.3%
Hispanic	36.1%	47.8%
White	45.2%	58.9%

ACCESS AND EQUITY
	State:	Nation:
Enrollment highlights:
American Indian	1,430	196,374
Asian	12,135	1,218,118
Black	11,025	3,038,751
Pacific Islander	2,263	64,046
Hispanic	25,290	2,741,448
White	70,654	12,722,549
Foreign	2,530	709,565
Two or more races	4,033	325,275
Total	129,360	21,016,126
Women	55.0%	57.0%
Minority	43.4%	36.1%
Underrepresented minority	29.2%	28.4%
Foreign	2.0%	3.4%
Full-time	49.6%	62.2%
Test scores:
State: Students averaged 1460 on the SAT, which was taken by an estimated 47% of Nevada’s high-school seniors.
Nation: Students averaged 21.1 on the ACT and 1500 on the SAT.

COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
	State:	Nation:
Number of institutions:
Public 4-year institutions	6	678
Public 2-year institutions	1	978
Private 4-year institutions, nonprofit	3	1,543
Private 2-year institutions, nonprofit	0	87
Private 4-year institutions, for-profit	8	649
Private 2-year institutions, for-profit	7	664
Total	25	4,599
Institutions censured or sanctioned by the AAUP:
None
Institution under NCAA sanctions:
University of Nevada