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{{Short description|Public college located in Henderson, Nevada, United States}}
{{Use American English|date=December 2024}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{For|the university known as Nevada State University from 1881 to 1906|University of Nevada, Reno}}{{Redirect|Nevada State|other uses|Nevada State (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox university
 | name                   = Nevada State University
 | image                  = Nevada State Seal.png
 | image_upright          = 0.8
 | image_alt              = Seal of Nevada State University
 | caption                = The official seal used prior to the institution's renaming
 | former_name            = Nevada State College (2002-2023)
 | motto                  = ''Omnia Pro Patria'' ([[Latin]])
 | mottoeng               = "All For Our Country"
 | type                   = [[Public university]]
 | established            = {{Start date and age|September 3, 2002}} (opened)
 | parent                 = [[Nevada System of Higher Education]]
 | academic_affiliation   = [[National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program|Space-grant]]
 | president              = [[DeRionne Pollard]]<ref>{{cite press release |title=Board of Regents Appoint New Nevada State College President |url=https://nshe.nevada.edu/2021/04/board-of-regents-appoint-new-nevada-state-college-president/ |access-date=5 August 2021 |work=Nevada System of Higher Education |date=29 April 2021}}</ref>
 | students               = 7,283 (fall 2023)
 | postgrad               = 69 (fall 2021)<ref name="nces.ed.gov">{{Cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=Nevada+State+College&s=all&id=441900|title=College Navigator - Nevada State College}}</ref>
 | city                   = [[Henderson, Nevada|Henderson]]
 | state                  = Nevada
 | country                = United States
 | coordinates            = {{coord|35.9820|-114.9378|source:dewiki_region:US-NV_type:edu|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
 | campus                 = Suburban
 | colors                 = Black and gold<ref>{{cite web |url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5465f802e4b00540a6d90aa0/t/5b2d10c1562fa7f7633a9ccb/1529680079191/SCORPION+STYLEBOOK+2.0_2018-02-27-WEB.pdf |title=Scorpion Stylebook  |website=Nevada State College |access-date=July 4, 2018}}</ref> <br /> {{colorbox|#000000}} {{colorbox|#D29f13}}
 | athletics_nickname     = Scorpions
 | mascot                 = Sting the Scorpion<ref name="archive">{{cite web |url=http://archive.nsc.edu/about/facts-and-figures/index.aspx |title=Facts and Figures |website=Nevada State College |access-date=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
 | website                = {{URL|http://www.nevadastate.edu}}
 | logo                   = Nevada State University logo.svg
 | logo_alt               = Logo of Nevada State University
}}
'''Nevada State University''' ('''NSU'''), formerly '''Nevada State College''', is a [[public college]] in [[Henderson, Nevada]], United States.  It is part of the [[Nevada System of Higher Education]] and opened on September 3, 2002, as [[Nevada]]'s first state college.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2002/sep/03/nevadas-first-state-college-opens-its-doors/|title=Nevada's first state college opens its doors|author=Jennifer Knight|work=LasVegasSun.com|date=September 3, 2002 |access-date=June 23, 2015}}</ref> The university is a designated [[Minority-serving institution|Minority Serving Institute]], [[Hispanic-serving institution|Hispanic Serving Institution]], and Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Institution.<ref>{{Cite web |title=President Pollard |url=https://nevadastate.edu/presidentpollard/ |access-date=2023-12-15 |website=Nevada State University |language=en-US}}</ref> Its main campus is located on a {{convert|509|acre|adj=on}} site in the southern foothills of Henderson.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nsc.edu/2069.asp |title=About Nevada State College |website=Nsc.edu |access-date=October 23, 2013}}</ref>

==History==

In 1999, the [[Nevada Legislature]] created the Advisory Committee to Examine Locating a 4-Year State College in Henderson, Nev.<ref name="reviewjournal.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2000/Jan-30-Sun-2000/news/12851012.html |author=Patton, N. |date=30 January 2000 |title=First step for Henderson college: Find campus site |newspaper=Las Vegas Review-Journal |page=1A |access-date=October 23, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050131095158/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2000/Jan-30-Sun-2000/news/12851012.html |archive-date=January 31, 2005 }}</ref> In December 1999, the Nevada Board of Regents approved the establishment of Nevada State College.<ref name="reviewjournal.com"/>

In February 2000, the committee recommended the new institution be named Nevada State College at Henderson. The committee members determined Henderson should be part of the official name as they felt additional state colleges would be created in the state.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2000/Feb-05-Sat-2000/news/12900246.html |author=Whaley, S. |date=5 February 2000 |title=School name recommended |newspaper=Las Vegas Review-Journal |page=1B |access-date=October 23, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050123072217/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2000/Feb-05-Sat-2000/news/12900246.html |archive-date=January 23, 2005 }}</ref>  Later that month, the Henderson City Council, after having evaluated several potential sites, voted to locate Nevada State College northeast of Lake Mead Drive and Boulder Highway that was to be part of The LandWell Company's Provenance master-planned community.<ref name="flan">{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2000/Mar-01-Wed-2000/news/13070278.html |author=Flanagan, T. |date=1 March 2000 |title=Henderson picks site for college |newspaper=Las Vegas Review-Journal |page=1B |access-date=October 23, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050124063331/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2000/Mar-01-Wed-2000/news/13070278.html |archive-date=January 24, 2005 }}</ref> In March, James Rogers, owner of several television stations and later chancellor of the Nevada System of Higher Education, agreed to chair the college's foundation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2000/Mar-24-Fri-2000/news/13228059.html |author=Patton, N. |date=24 March 2000 |title=UNLV donor to lead foundation for proposed college |newspaper=Las Vegas Review-Journal |access-date=October 23, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050112111853/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2000/Mar-24-Fri-2000/news/13228059.html |archive-date=January 12, 2005 }}</ref>

Opponents of the creation of Nevada State College feared at the time that its creation would take resources from UNLV.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2000/Apr-06-Thu-2000/news/13274217.html |author=Patton, N. |date=6 April 2000 |title=Henderson college faces crucial regents vote |newspaper=Las Vegas Review-Journal |page=6B |access-date=October 23, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050123193454/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2000/Apr-06-Thu-2000/news/13274217.html |archive-date=January 23, 2005 }}</ref> However, proponents of the college argued the "proposed college would be up to $3,000 cheaper than educating them at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.  The savings would come from smaller salaries for professors, who would teach four classes (per semester), rather than the three or fewer taught by UNLV professors."<ref>Patton, N. (January 4, 2001). Report urges state to fund new college. Review-Journal, p. 8B.</ref>

In April 2000, the Board of Regents voted 8&ndash;3 to begin negotiations for the Boulder Highway / Lake Mead site despite some concerns that the site was near a permanent toxic waste storage facility.  The original site of the college, first proposed in 2000 and on approximately 300 acres northeast of Lake Mead Drive and Boulder Highway near downtown Henderson<ref name="flan"/> raised environmental concerns as it was approximately one mile from a toxic waste storage facility,<ref>{{cite news |title=Don't dump here town residents worry about radioactivity |newspaper=Albany Times Union |date=September 14, 1989}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2000/Apr-07-Fri-2000/news/13329468.html |author=Whaley, S. |date=7 April 2000 |title=Regents vote to negotiate for land |newspaper=Las Vegas Review-Journal |page=1B |access-date=October 23, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060701050126/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2000/Apr-07-Fri-2000/news/13329468.html |archive-date=July 1, 2006 }}</ref> which prompted the Nevada Board of Regents in 2001 to select the college's present day site<ref>{{Cite news |author=Valerie Miller |date=23 March 2001 |url=https://businesspress.vegas/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120904232728/http://www.lvbusinesspress.com/articles/2001/03/23/export1093.txt |archive-date=September 4, 2012 |title=Proposed college gets a new home on old studio site |newspaper=Las Vegas Business Press |access-date=August 5, 2021 |url-status=live }}</ref> located west of U.S. Highway 95 in what was once the Wagon Wheel Industrial Park.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2001/Mar-22-Thu-2001/news/15701560.html |author=Whaley, S. |date=22 March 2001 |title=Lawmakers to hear pitch for college site |newspaper=Las Vegas Review-Journal |page=1B |access-date=October 23, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050524035041/http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2001/Mar-22-Thu-2001/news/15701560.html |archive-date=May 24, 2005 }}</ref><ref>Whaley, S. (April 7, 2000). Regents vote to negotiate for land. Donrey Capital Bureau, p. 1B.</ref> In June 2000, the Regents requested $5.2 million for start-up costs for the campus and $7 million for instruction costs for its first cohort of students in 2002-03 as well as $43.5 million for capital construction which was to include a library.<ref>Vogel, E. (June 24, 2000). Henderson funding irks some regents. Donrey Capital Bureau, p. 1B.</ref> Nevada Gov. Guinn's 2001-2003 executive budget, which was developed later in 2000, reduced the Regents' request by recommending "$22.8 million in state funding, 6.8 million to open it to 1,000 full-time students in the fall of 2002, and $16 million to help construct the first campus building."<ref>Whaley, S. (March 22, 2001). Lawmakers to hear pitch for college site. Donrey Capital Bureau, p. 1B.</ref>

Nevada State College opened in 2002. The college acquired accreditation, moved with its master plan for a {{convert|509|acre|km2|adj=on}} campus, and its first permanent building, the Liberal Arts and Sciences building, opened in August 2008.<ref name="ktvn.com">http://www.ktvn.com/Global/story.asp?S=8858497 Nevada State College Moves to New Building</ref> In 2008 Nevada State College launched a campus-wide recruitment and retention initiative. Between the Spring 2009 and Spring 2010 semesters, Nevada State College increased enrollment by over 20%, to over 2,600 students.<ref>Las Vegas Review-Journal http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/budgets-shrinking-enrollments Accessed March 24, 2010.</ref>

Among the different educational institutions of the NSHE, the largest 2009 budget cuts by the state legislature were for Nevada State College at 24.1%. Neighboring [[College of Southern Nevada]] had its budget cut by only 4.9%.<ref>{{cite web|author=hawaiiborn |url=http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/may/21/faculty-professional-staff-shielded-furloughs/ |title=Faculty, professional staff shielded from furloughs |date=May 21, 2009 |publisher=Lasvegassun.com |access-date=October 23, 2013}}</ref> Students protested the cuts<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/nevada-state-college-students-rally-against-cuts |title=Nevada State College students rally against cuts |newspaper=Las Vegas Review Journal |date=December 6, 2007 |access-date=October 23, 2013}}</ref> which left student services understaffed<ref>{{cite news |author=Charlotte Hsu |url=http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/jul/30/rogers-calls-fishing-trip-keeps-discussion/ |title=Rogers calls off fishing trip, but keeps up the discussion |newspaper=Las Vegas Sun |date=July 30, 2008 |access-date=October 23, 2013}}</ref> and about 25% of the university's teaching and administrative positions vacant in 2008.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.kvbc.com/Global/story.asp?S=8630790 |title=Budget cut talks turn into reality |work=KVBC |access-date=October 23, 2013}}</ref> The Nevada System of Higher Education faced a $900 million budget deficit and there were proposals to close down Nevada State College along with other NSHE programs and schools.<ref name=grim>{{cite news |author=Virgil Sestini |url=http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/feb/03/regents-options-cut-are-all-grim/ |title=Regents' options to cut higher education are all grim |newspaper=Las Vegas Sun |date=February 3, 2010 |access-date=October 23, 2013}}</ref>

[[DeRionne P. Pollard|DeRionne Pollard]] became Nevada State University's eighth president on August 16, 2021. She was the first Black female president within the [[Nevada System of Higher Education]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-02-04 |title=Honoring Dr. DeRionne Pollard, first permanent Black woman president of Nevada State College |url=https://www.ktnv.com/news/bridging-the-divide/honoring-dr-derionne-pollard-nscs-first-permanent-black-woman-president |access-date=2023-12-15 |website=Channel 13 Las Vegas News KTNV |language=en}}</ref>

In March 2023, the Nevada Legislature introduced legislation to change the school's name from Nevada State College to Nevada State University. The legislation passed that June; the name change took effect on July 1, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SB273 Overview |url=https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/82nd2023/Bill/10120/Overview |access-date=2023-06-29 |website=leg.state.nv.us}}</ref>

===Presidents===

The following persons served as president:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/education/seventh-president-comfortable-at-nevada-state-college/ |title=Seventh president comfortable at Nevada State College |first=Richard |last=Lake |date=November 28, 2011 |newspaper=[[Las Vegas Review-Journal]]}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!{{Abbr|No.|Number}}
!Image
!President
!Term start
!Term end
!{{abbr|Refs.|References}}
|-
| 1
|
| Richard Moore
| December 1999
| March 2002
|
|- bgcolor="#e6e6aa"
| interim
|
| Christine Chairsell
| April 2002
| August 2002
|
|-
| 2
|
| Kerry Romesburg
| September 2002
| June 2004
| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2002/aug/16/president-appointed-for-henderson-college/ |title=President appointed for Henderson college |first1=Cy |last1=Ryan |first2=Jennifer |last2=Knight |date=August 16, 2002 |newspaper=[[Las Vegas Sun]]}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#e6e6aa"
|interim
|
| Patricia Miltenberger
| July 1, 2004
| January 31, 2005
| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://nshe.nevada.edu/wp-content/uploads/Board-of-Regents/minutes_archive/2000-2006/2004/Minutes%2006_28_2004%20-%20NSHE.pdf |title=Special Board of Regents Meeting |date=June 28, 2004 |publisher=Nevada System of Higher Education}}</ref>
|-
| 6
|
| [[Fred Maryanski]]
| February 1, 2005
| July 2, 2010{{efn|Died in office.}}
| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://nshe.nevada.edu/wp-content/uploads/Board-of-Regents/minutes_archive/2000-2006/2005/Minutes%2001_07_2005%20-%20NSHE.pdf |title=Board of Regents Special Meeting |date=January 7, 2005 |publisher=Nevada System of Higher Education}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/fred-j-maryanski-president-of-nevada-state-college-dies/ |title=Fred J. Maryanski, president of Nevada State College, dies |date=July 2, 2010 |newspaper=[[Las Vegas Review-Journal]]}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#e6e6aa"
| interim
|
| Lesley Di Mare
| August 27, 2010
| October 31, 2011
| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://nevadastate.edu/campus-news/dr-lesley-ann-di-mare-nscs-new-president/ |title=Dr. Lesley Ann Di Mare- NSC's New President |date=August 27, 2010 |publisher=NSU}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/education/nevada-state-college-president-leaving-for-colorado-post/ |title=Nevada State College president leaving for Colorado post |first=Richard |last=Lake |date=October 5, 2011 |newspaper=[[Las Vegas Review-Journal]]}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#e6e6aa"
| interim
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#ffffff" |
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#ffffff" | Bart Patterson
| November 1, 2011
| April 30, 2012
| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://nevadastate.edu/campus-news/bart-patterson-appointed-as-interim-president-of-nevada-state-college/ |title=Bart Patterson appointed as interim president of Nevada State College |date=October 25, 2011 |publisher=NSU}}</ref>
|-
| 7
| April 30, 2012
| June 30, 2021
| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://nevadastate.edu/campus-news/board-of-regents-appoints-bart-patterson-as-president-of-nevada-state-college/ |title=Board of Regents appoints Bart Patterson as President of Nevada State College |date=May 1, 2012 |publisher=NSU |quote=Serving as the interim president of the college since November 1, 2011, Patterson is the seventh individual to assume the leadership role since the college’s inception in 2002.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://nevadastate.edu/campus-news/nevada-state-college-president-plans-to-retire-next-year/ |title=Nevada State College President Plans to Retire Next Year |date=March 5, 2020 |publisher=NSU}}</ref>
|-
| 8
| [[File:Thumbnail image005.jpg|70px]]
| [[DeRionne P. Pollard]]
| August 16, 2021
| July 31, 2025
| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://nevadastate.edu/campus-news/board-of-regents-appoint-new-nevada-state-college-president/ |title=Board of Regents Appoint New Nevada State College President |date=April 30, 2021 |publisher=NSU |quote=She becomes the 8th president of the 19-year-old college.}}</ref><ref name="nshe-2025jul16">{{cite web |url=https://nshe.nevada.edu/system-administration/news/2025/07/nevada-state-university-president-dr-derionne-pollard-to-transition-to-new-national-role/ |title=Nevada State University President Dr. DeRionne Pollard to Transition to New National Role |date=July 16, 2025 |publisher=Nevada System of Higher Education}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://nevadastate.edu/campus-news/a-message-from-president-pollard/ |title=A Message from President Pollard |date=July 16, 2025 |first=DeRionne P. |last=Pollard |publisher=NSU}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#e6e6aa"
| acting{{efn|Served as Officer in Charge}}
| rowspan="2" | 
| rowspan="2" | Amber Lopez Lasater
| August 1, 2025
| October 17, 2025
| <ref name="nshe-2025jul16"/>
|- bgcolor="#e6e6aa"
| acting{{efn|Served as Acting President}}
| October 18, 2025
| present
| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://nevadastate.edu/featured/nshe-board-of-regents-appoints-dr-amber-lopez-lasater-acting-president-of-nevada-state-university-launches-search-for-permanent-president/ |title=NSHE Board of Regents Appoints Dr. Amber Lopez Lasater Acting President of Nevada State University; Launches Search for Permanent President |date=October 17, 2025 |publisher=NSU}}</ref>
|-
|}

Table notes:
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==Campus==
Nevada State University's {{convert|509|acre|adj=on}} site is located at the base of the McCullough mountain range in the southeastern corner of Henderson.<ref name="nsc.nevada.edu">Nevada State College. (2010, March 2010). Nevada State College Campus Master Plan. http://nsc.nevada.edu/MPDraft.asp {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100710023203/http://www.nsc.nevada.edu/MPDraft.asp |date=July 10, 2010 }}</ref>  The site was conveyed from the Bureau of Land Management to the city of Henderson in November 2002 as part of the Clark County Conservation of Public Lands and Natural Resources Act of 2002.<ref>Miller, V. (November 11, 2002). College gets land, needs cash. ''Las Vegas Business Press'', p. 1.</ref><ref>Clark County Conservation of Public Land and Natural Resources Act of 2002 (PL 107-282, November 6, 2002)</ref>

The college opened its first permanent building, the Liberal Arts & Sciences Building, on its 509-acre site in August 2008.<ref name="ktvn.com"/> The {{convert|42000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} building has faculty offices, labs and seven classrooms. The building includes SMART classroom technologies which allow professors to use a wide array of audio and visual teaching techniques, and scientific equipment for educational use.<ref>{{cite news |author=Hsu, C. |date=15 March 2008 |title=College's first permanent building to meet many needs |newspaper=Las Vegas Sun |access-date=20 June 2008 |url=http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/mar/15/colleges-first-permanent-building-meet-many-needs/}}</ref>

In addition to the Liberal Arts and Sciences Building, NSU has also opened the Bob and Allison Kasner Academic Building (formerly known as Nursing, Science, and Education) along with the James E. and Beverly Rogers Student Center. The future Christenson Education Building and the Student Village dorm buildings are currently under construction. NSU currently leases the Dawson building on Nevada State Dr. which was originally the only building when the college opened, and purchased the J. Russell and Carol Raker Student Success Center on Paradise Hills Dr. which contains the financial aid office and student advising. NSU no longer leases two auxiliary buildings in downtown Henderson on Water Street.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/NSC-Campus-Map.pdf |title=Nevada State College Future Campus Map |access-date=March 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200307214856/https://nsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/NSC-Campus-Map.pdf |archive-date=March 7, 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2010, the Nevada Board of Regents approved the college's campus master plan, which calls for the development of roughly six million square feet of academic, residential, retail, and cultural space by full campus build-out in order to accommodate 25,000-30,000 students.<ref name="nsc.nevada.edu"/>

==Academics==
NSU offers one Master's degree, the Master of Education in Speech Language Pathology, and many bachelor's degree programs. In the Fall of 2008, Nevada State College launched [[Nevada]]'s first bachelor of science degree in the education of the deaf and hard of hearing. The program addresses the deaf culture and its integration of deaf students into specific subject areas.<ref>Clark, D. (June 4, 2008). ''Nevada State College to train teachers of deaf''. Henderson Home News, pp. 6A.</ref> The college's academic programs are housed in one of three schools: the School of Liberal Arts & Sciences, the School of Education, and the School of Nursing.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web|url=http://nsc.nevada.edu/files/registrar/pdfs/2011_2012Catalog.pdf|title=Catalogy 2011 - 2012 Nevada State College|access-date=October 23, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130521131459/http://nsc.nevada.edu/files/registrar/pdfs/2011_2012Catalog.pdf|archive-date=May 21, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Nevada State University also partners with [[Touro University Nevada|Touro University]] to accommodate students in [[Occupational Therapy]]. Through the partnership, students complete three years of their bachelor's degree in Occupational Therapy Science at Nevada State University, then transfer to Touro University for the final two years.<ref>''Master's degree now required for therapists.'' Green Valley Henderson View. (September 4, 2007). Retrieved from [http://www.viewnews.com/2007/VIEW-Sep-04-Tue-2007/Henderson/16370559.html] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090724135711/http://www.viewnews.com/2007/VIEW-Sep-04-Tue-2007/Henderson/16370559.html|date=July 24, 2009}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable floatright sortable collapsible"; text-align:right; font-size:80%;"
|+ style="font-size:90%" |Undergraduate demographics as of fall 2023<ref>{{cite web |title=College Scorecard: Nevada State University|url=https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?441900-Nevada-State-University|publisher=[[United States Department of Education]]}}</ref>
|-
! Race and ethnicity
! colspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Total
|-
| [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]]
|align=right| {{bartable|46|%|2||background:green}}
|-
| [[Non-Hispanic whites|White]]
|align=right| {{bartable|21|%|2||background:cyan}}
|-
| [[Asian Americans|Asian]]
|align=right| {{bartable|10|%|2||background:orange}}
|-
| [[African Americans|Black]]
|align=right| {{bartable|10|%|2||background:purple}}
|-
| [[Multiracial Americans|Two or more races]]
|align=right| {{bartable|6|%|2||background:violet}}
|-
| Unknown
|align=right| {{bartable|5|%|2||background:grey}} 
|-
| [[Native Hawaiian]]/[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]]
|align=right| {{bartable|1|%|2||background:brown}}
|-
! colspan="4" data-sort-type=number |[[Economic diversity]]
|-
| [[American lower class|Low-income]]{{efn|The percentage of students who received an income-based federal [[Pell grant]] intended for low-income students.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|41|%|2||background:red}}
|-
| [[Affluence in the United States|Affluent]]{{efn|The percentage of students who are a part of the [[American middle class]] at the bare minimum.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|59|%|2||background:black}}
|}

===Accreditation===
When it originally opened, Nevada State College operated under the [[Higher education accreditation in the United States|accreditation]] of the [[University of Nevada, Reno]]. In 2011, Nevada State College received independent accreditation at the baccalaureate degree level from the [[Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Lake|first=Richard|date=August 14, 2011|title=Accreditation is a dream come true for Nevada State College|url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/education/accreditation-is-a-dream-come-true-for-nevada-state-college/|url-access=limited|work=Las Vegas Review-Journal|page= 1B|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110905052457/http://www.lvrj.com/news/accreditation-is-a-dream-come-true-for-nevada-state-college-127677508.html|archive-date=September 5, 2011|access-date=September 14, 2024|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Athletics==
{{Main|Nevada State Scorpions}}
As of November 2024, Nevada State University was actively planning to launch a fully-fledged athletics program, to be funded through a proposed student fee. If approved by the state Board of Regents, the funds from the proposed fee would be used to fund a campus athletics and recreation center and the launch of two initial sports, women's [[flag football]] and men's [[track and field]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Murray |first1=Chris |title=Nevada State University wants to launch athletic department supported by student fee |url=https://nevadasportsnet.com/news/reporters/nevada-state-university-wants-to-launch-athletic-department-supported-by-student-fee |website=nevadasportsnet.com |date=November 22, 2024 |publisher=Nevada Sports Net |access-date=12 January 2025}}</ref>

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
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==External links==
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