Public colleges and universities SNo Name Location Type Founded Enrollment Notes Founded as Clark County Community College of Southern Two 1 Las Vegas 1971 37,758 College, later renamed to the Community Nevada year College of Southern Nevada. Desert Research Reno and Degrees awarded through the University of 2 Graduate 1959 440 Institute Las Vegas Nevada and Reno Founded as Elko Community College, it was Two 3 Great Basin College Elko 1967 3,216 later renamed Northern Nevada Community year College. Nevada State Four 4 Henderson 2002 2,196 College year Truckee Meadows Two 5 Reno 1971 12,166 Split from Western Nevada College in 1979. Community College year University of Four 6 Paradise 1957 27,960 Nevada, Las Vegas year University of Four 7 Reno 1874 16,681 Nevada, Reno year Western Nevada Carson Two Formerly known as Western Nevada 8 1971 4,820 College City year Community College. Private, nonprofit colleges and universities SNo Name Location Type Founded Enrollment Notes California-based nonprofit providers of adult Four 1 National University Henderson 1971 487 education. One of 28 locations in Western year states. Sierra Nevada Incline Four 2 1969 833 College Village year Touro University Sister colleges are located in New York and 3 Henderson Graduate 2004 1,300 Nevada California. Formerly known as Nevada College of Pharmacy, later changed to University of Roseman University Four 4 Henderson 2001 671 Southern Nevada. Most recent name change of Health Sciences year occurred in 2011 to reflect the university's large presence in Utah. Wongu University A Las Vegas Oriental Medical University Four 5 of Oriental Medicine Las Vegas 2012 671 and Acupuncture School approved by the year and Acupuncture Nevada State Board of Oriental Medicine. For-profit colleges and universities SNo Name Location Control Type Founded Enrollment Notes For- Two 1 Career College of Northern Nevada Reno 1984 303 profit year For- Four 2 DeVry University Henderson 1931 176 profit year International Academy of Design and For- Four 3 Henderson 1977 399 Technology profit year For- Two 4 ITT Technical Institute Henderson 1946 769 profit year For- Two Formerly known as 5 Kaplan College Las Vegas 1990 475 profit year Heritage College. For- Two 6 Everest College Henderson 1979 639 profit year Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary For- Two 7 Las Vegas 2003 757 Arts Las Vegas profit year For- Four 8 Morrison University Reno 1902 134 profit year For- Two 9 Pima Medical Institute Paradise 2003 820 profit year For- Four 10 The Art Institute of Las Vegas Henderson 1983 1,043 profit year For- Four 11 University of Phoenix Las Vegas 1976 3,169 profit year For- Four 12 University of Phoenix Reno 1976 637 profit year For other more formats kindly visit www.downloadexcelfiles.com Original source : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_universities_in_Nevada.