College of Southern Nevada
Las Vegas, Nevada
- Two-year college
- Public
- City
- 27,252 students
What you can study
Programs this school reported awarding, with how many students finished one in the latest year. Where the federal data has it, we show what this school's graduates earned a year after finishing (for graduates from a few years back, so a program can show earnings even if few finished recently). The national figure is for everyone who finished that kind of program anywhere.
Agriculture and horticulture
- Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $31,375
- Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $37,113
Auto, diesel and aircraft mechanic
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 14 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,278
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 40 finishedGraduates here earned $44,396 a year after finishingNationally: $48,683
Bookkeeping and accounting
- Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 23 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
- Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 28 finishedGraduates here earned $52,055 a year after finishingNationally: $41,647
Carpentry and construction
- Mason/MasonryAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $50,259
- CarpentersCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,931
- CarpentersAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $39,626
- Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and InspectionCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,572
- Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and InspectionAssociate degree · 19 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,746
Child care and early education
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsCertificate · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,866
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate degree · 108 finishedGraduates here earned $34,575 a year after finishingNationally: $30,190
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 31 finishedGraduates here earned $36,642 a year after finishingNationally: $29,763
Clinical lab technician
- Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 90 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,692
- Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,694
- Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsBachelor's degree · 9 finishedGraduates here earned $75,707 a year after finishingNationally: $69,014
Computers and IT
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,167
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,763
- Computer ProgrammingCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,650
- Computer ProgrammingAssociate degree · 45 finishedGraduates here earned $37,175 a year after finishingNationally: $45,248
- Data ProcessingCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,489
- Computer Systems AnalysisCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,085
- Computer ScienceAssociate degree · 33 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,515
- Computer Software and Media ApplicationsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,694
- Computer Software and Media ApplicationsAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,720
- Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsCertificate · 333 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,930
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementCertificate · 359 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,595
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementAssociate degree · 39 finishedGraduates here earned $41,794 a year after finishingNationally: $46,417
Culinary arts
- Culinary Arts and Related ServicesCertificate · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,130
- Culinary Arts and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 39 finishedGraduates here earned $34,257 a year after finishingNationally: $34,674
Dental assisting and hygiene
- Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,575
- Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 18 finishedGraduates here earned $95,035 a year after finishingNationally: $62,279
- Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsBachelor's degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $69,638
Electrician
- Electrical and Power Transmission InstallersCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,469
- Electrical and Power Transmission InstallersAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,611
EMT, surgical tech and imaging
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificate · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,124
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 44 finishedGraduates here earned $63,622 a year after finishingNationally: $61,169
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsBachelor's degree · 15 finishedGraduates here earned $74,078 a year after finishingNationally: $69,634
Engineering technology
- Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,355
- Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $57,072
- Environmental Control Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,256
- Environmental Control Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,210
- Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $56,893
- Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $63,717
- Quality Control and Safety Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $60,799
- Quality Control and Safety Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $60,096
- Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,323
- Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $56,437
- Engineering-Related Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $61,712
- Engineering-Related Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $59,185
- Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,790
- Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,077
- Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians, OtherCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $36,889
- Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians, OtherAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $62,755
Graphic and applied design
- Design and Applied ArtsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,047
- Design and Applied ArtsAssociate degree · 53 finishedGraduates here earned $31,860 a year after finishingNationally: $31,578
HVAC and refrigeration
- Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)Certificate · 17 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,278
- Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)Associate degree · 24 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,589
Industrial and equipment maintenance
- Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,159
- Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 23 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $53,952
Massage therapy
- Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $27,959
Medical assisting and pharmacy tech
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,268
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate degree · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,233
Medical billing and office
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate · 23 finishedGraduates here earned $35,445 a year after finishingNationally: $33,067
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssociate degree · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,452
Office and business support
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,026
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,369
Paralegal
- Legal Support ServicesCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,000
- Legal Support ServicesAssociate degree · 28 finishedGraduates here earned $47,074 a year after finishingNationally: $41,377
Pilot and air transportation
- Air TransportationCertificate · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,972
- Air TransportationAssociate degree · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,658
Plumbing and pipefitting
- Plumbing and Related Water Supply ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,980
- Plumbing and Related Water Supply ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $59,151
Police, fire and corrections
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 35 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,215
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 142 finishedGraduates here earned $45,509 a year after finishingNationally: $40,997
- Fire ProtectionCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,514
- Fire ProtectionAssociate degree · 33 finishedGraduates here earned $43,081 a year after finishingNationally: $62,186
- Fire ProtectionBachelor's degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $80,581
Practical nursing and nursing assistant
- Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 321 finishedGraduates here earned $65,486 a year after finishingNationally: $50,533
Registered nursing
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 181 finishedGraduates here earned $82,212 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingBachelor's degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $84,093
Truck and bus driving
- Ground TransportationAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $54,623
Welding and machining
- Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 72 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,421
- Precision Metal WorkingAssociate degree · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,947
Other programs (63)
- Agriculture/Veterinary Preparatory ProgramsCertificate · 0 finished
- Agriculture/Veterinary Preparatory ProgramsAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $37,672
- AnthropologyCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $43,468
- AnthropologyAssociate degree · 15 finishedNationally: $37,748
- Area StudiesAssociate degree · 0 finished
- Arts, Entertainment, and Media ManagementCertificate · 14 finishedGraduates here earned $30,566 a year afterNationally: $35,863
- Behavioral SciencesCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $30,135
- Biology, GeneralAssociate degree · 28 finishedNationally: $33,380
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 5 finishedNationally: $44,510
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 412 finishedGraduates here earned $41,800 a year afterNationally: $41,208
- Business/Commerce, GeneralCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $54,610
- Business/Managerial EconomicsAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $72,243
- ChemistryAssociate degree · 33 finishedNationally: $36,707
- Civil EngineeringCertificate · 0 finished
- Civil EngineeringAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $42,083
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied PsychologyCertificate · 50 finishedNationally: $41,337
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied PsychologyAssociate degree · 13 finishedNationally: $30,019
- Communication and Media StudiesAssociate degree · 24 finishedNationally: $33,346
- DanceCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $28,406
- DanceAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $22,117
- Drama/Theatre Arts and StagecraftAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $22,567
- English Language and Literature, GeneralAssociate degree · 25 finishedNationally: $27,003
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $35,157
- Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group StudiesAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $31,611
- Finance and Financial Management ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $42,478
- Fine and Studio ArtsAssociate degree · 27 finishedGraduates here earned $28,077 a year afterNationally: $24,176
- General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing OperationsCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $52,388
- General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing OperationsAssociate degree · 13 finishedNationally: $44,599
- Geological and Earth Sciences/GeosciencesAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $33,448
- Graphic CommunicationsCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $24,502
- Graphic CommunicationsAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $27,878
- Historic Preservation and ConservationCertificate · 0 finished
- HistoryAssociate degree · 10 finishedNationally: $31,926
- Homeland SecurityAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $45,677
- Hospitality Administration/ManagementCertificate · 2 finishedNationally: $41,933
- Hospitality Administration/ManagementAssociate degree · 51 finishedGraduates here earned $42,359 a year afterNationally: $37,255
- Human Resources Management and ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $48,237
- International BusinessAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $41,937
- International/Globalization StudiesAssociate degree · 1 finished
- JournalismAssociate degree · 13 finishedNationally: $28,005
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 1,073 finishedGraduates here earned $38,412 a year afterNationally: $34,134
- Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and ServicesAssociate degree · 8 finishedNationally: $31,627
- MathematicsAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $36,826
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 16 finishedNationally: $41,294
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $38,048
- MusicAssociate degree · 7 finishedNationally: $26,345
- Natural Resources Conservation and ResearchAssociate degree · 6 finishedNationally: $36,701
- Ophthalmic and Optometric Support Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 38 finishedNationally: $35,580
- Ophthalmic and Optometric Support Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 12 finishedGraduates here earned $41,788 a year afterNationally: $44,660
- PhilosophyAssociate degree · 5 finishedNationally: $33,648
- Political Science and GovernmentAssociate degree · 5 finishedNationally: $34,854
- Psychology, GeneralAssociate degree · 167 finishedGraduates here earned $38,948 a year afterNationally: $30,994
- Real EstateCertificate · 8 finishedNationally: $45,163
- Real EstateAssociate degree · 8 finishedNationally: $34,704
- Rhetoric and Composition/Writing StudiesAssociate degree · 16 finishedNationally: $27,917
- Science Technologies/Technicians, OtherAssociate degree · 348 finishedGraduates here earned $34,387 a year afterNationally: $41,828
- Security Science and TechnologyCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $45,055
- Security Science and TechnologyAssociate degree · 58 finishedGraduates here earned $52,205 a year afterNationally: $39,731
- SociologyAssociate degree · 10 finishedNationally: $33,731
- Special Education and TeachingCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $42,428
- Special Education and TeachingAssociate degree · 27 finishedNationally: $34,283
- Teaching Assistants/AidesAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $28,477
- Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 14 finishedNationally: $37,661
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $6,016per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $14,106sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $4,575Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 9%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 22%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $39,8206 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $44,65810 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- $8,000federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
- Earned a degree or certificate here
- 25%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
- Left for another college before finishing
- 20%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
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Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for College of Southern Nevada, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. Program earnings cover graduates who received federal student aid. We last pulled the data on November 6, 2026.
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