University of Nevada, Reno

An unmatched campus experience

The University offers impactful experiences both in and outside the classroom. With more than 250 student organizations, our students can connect with peers, mentors and faculty and pursue their personal interests and future career goals on a technogically advanced and welcoming campus.

Home to Nevada Athletics

From the 27,000 seats of Mackay Stadium to the 12,000 seats of Lawlor Events Center, the historic Virginia Street Gym to the newly renovated Don Weir Field at Peccole Park, fans can cheer on Nevada Wolf Pack and its 17 Division 1 teams that play in the Mountain West Conference.

Preparing students for real-world success

Here at Nevada, you will work and study alongside highly renowned professors—who are driving discoveries that positively influence the state, nation and world—and will have access to dynamic opportunities and resources that position you for success as a student and in your chosen profession.

At the University of Nevada, Reno, history meets innovation. Traditional red-brick buildings from the 1800s sit alongside 21st-century cutting-edge research facilities. We’ve invested nearly a billion dollars into expanding our campus in the past decade — all in an effort to provide you with the tools, resources, and services that create a world-class learning experience.

• 93% of our grads are employed, in graduate school or in the military within a year of commencement.

At the University of Nevada, Reno, opportunity is everywhere you look. That opportunity begins on our central 290-acre campus filled with nearly 150 years of history and stretches to the Wayne L. Prim Campus, just minutes from the shores of Lake Tahoe, America’s most renowned alpine lake.

With the backdrop of the Sierra Nevada and Lake Tahoe as inspiration, the Wayne L. Prim Campus at Lake Tahoe is home to students and faculty, researchers and scholars, artists and leaders participating in cutting-edge collaborations and interdisciplinary activities.

• Scholarship: $13,500 per year

• R1 Very High Research Activity Carnegie Classification
• Best Value College Forbes