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Liberal Arts and Humanities Schools
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The Art Institute of Las Vegas
DeVry University-Nevada
College of Southern Nevada
Western Nevada College
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Liberal Arts and Humanities Schools in Nevada
Nevada contains eleven schools that offer liberal arts and humanities programs. University of Nevada-Las Vegas, the highest-ranking liberal arts and humanities school in NV, has a total student population of 29,080 and is the 1903rd highest ranked school in America.
Of the 11 liberal arts and humanities schools in Nevada, only 3 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Career College of Northern Nevada comes out as the most expensive ($33,220/yr), with Great Basin College as the lowest recorded at only $6,844/yr.
Liberal Arts and Humanities students from Nevada schools who go on to become liberal arts and humanities graduate professionals, designers, artists, reporters, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 56,880 people working as education teachers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $62,160. Also, Mathematicians make on average $93,920 per year and there are about 2,770 of them employed in the US today.
Also, within the liberal arts and humanities schools in Nevada, the average student population is 3,396 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 18 to 1. Aside from liberal arts and humanities, there are 786 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 1,014 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $2,730, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
Nevada Interesting Facts
- In 1899 Charles Fey invented a slot machine named the Liberty Bell. The device became the model for all slots to follow.
- The Reno Ice Pavilion is a 16,000-square-foot rink once dismantled and moved to Reno from Atlantic City, New Jersey.
- Bugsy Siegel named his Las Vegas casino "The Flamingo" for the long legs of his showgirl sweetheart, Virginia Hill.
- The Imperial Palace on the Las Vegas strip is the nation's first off-airport airline baggage check-in service.
- Bertha was a performing elephant that entertained for 37 years at John Ascuaga's Nugget casino located in Sparks. She was 48 years old when she died.