The cost of attending UNLV continues to be a bargain when judged against tuition at comparable universities and colleges both regionally and nationally. The percentage of increase in tuition between the last school year and this year was less at UNLV than at most of the other institutions.
Figures reflecting percentage increases tell a similar tale.
At the same time, tuition at comparable schools in the West went up an average of 5.9 percent. Meanwhile, tuition at peer institutions across the nation rose an average of 5.5 percent. Both the regional and national schools used for the tuition comparison are universities that UNLV generally uses for comparisons, said Kari Coburn, UNLV's director of institutional analysis and planning, who analyzed the figures in The College Board survey. The national institutions used by UNLV for comparison purposes are schools that are, in many ways, similar to UNLV, Coburn said. Such factors as enrollment figures, undergraduate program offerings, the availability of master's and doctoral programs, and whether the schools are publicly funded are considered, she said.