Overview

College of Education / College of Education is located in Las Vegas, NV, in an urban setting.

Departments & Programs

Department of Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education

Department of Educational Psychology and Higher Education

Department of Teaching and Learning

Degrees & Awards

Degrees Offered

Degree
(Certificate)
(Advanced Certificate)
Master of Education (M Ed)
Doctor of Philosophy/Juris Doctor (PhD/JD)
Master of Science (MS)
Doctor of Education (Ed D)
Specialist in Education (Ed S)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Degrees Awarded

Degree	Number Awarded
Master's Degrees	450
Doctoral Degrees	28
Other Advanced Degrees	25

Earning Your Degree

Part-time study available?
Evening/weekend programs available?	No
Distance learning programs available?	No
Terminal master's degree available?	No

Degree Requirements

Degree	Requirement
Master's Degrees	Entrance Exam GRE General Test Comp Exam Required for some Thesis Required for some
Doctoral Degrees	Entrance Exam GRE General Test Comp Exam Required Thesis Required
Other Advanced Degrees	Comp Exam Required for some

Admissions

Acceptance Rate

618

Applied

464

Accepted

360

Enrolled

Applying

60

Application Fee - Domestic

95

Application Fee - International

Yes

Electronic
applications accepted?

Yes

Applications processed
on a rolling basis?

Entrance Requirements

Exam	Details
Master's Degree Exam	GRE General Test
Doctoral Degree Exam	GRE General Test

International Students

Exam	Details
TOEFL: Required	TOEFL Paper score: 550 TOEFL IBT score: 80
IELTS: Required	IELTS Paper score: 6.5

Tuition & Fees

Financial Support

Financial award applicants must submit:	FAFSA
Application deadlines for financial awards	March 15
Types of financial support available	Research Assistantships Teaching Assistantships Health Care Benefits Institutionally-sponsored Loans Scholarship and/or loans Graduate Assistantships

Student Body

1,095

Total Graduate Students

1%

International Breakout (representing other countries)

Race/Ethnicity

Hispanic/Latino	24.66%
Black or African American	11.87%
White or Caucasian	40%
American Indian or Alaska Native	0.18%
Asian	6.48%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0.37%
Two or more races	7.85%
Unknown	5.3%

Gender

Male (26%)

Female (73%)

Faculty

126

Total faculty

Full-time - 72

Part-time - 54

Male (46)

Female (80)

Research

Focus of faculty research:	School/university/mental health partnerships; learning analytics, persistence, and college completion; virtual and computer and machine learning; social, emotional, language, and learning interventions with children in early childhood, special education, and bilingual education programs; large-scale data analytic models
Externally sponsored research expenditures last year:	2,611,854

Location & Contact

Address 4505 South Maryland Parkway
Box 453001
Las Vegas, NV  89154-3001
United States

Contact Dr. Kim Metcalf
Dean
Email: education.dean@unlv.edu
Phone: 702-895-3375
Fax: 702-895-4068

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