College of Southern Nevada Business Programs

College of Southern Nevada is a public institution situated in Las Vegas, Nevada. The location of CSN is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

College of Southern Nevada Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at CSN.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#5	Most Popular Hospitality Management Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#14	Most Popular General Sales & Marketing Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#18	Most Popular Business Administration & Management Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#21	Best Hospitality Management Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#24	Most Popular Accounting Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#96	Most Popular Business Support & Assistance Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards CSN has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#5	Best Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Schools	College Factual
#15	Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Schools	College Factual
#17	Best Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping Schools	College Factual
#22	Best Hospitality Management Schools	College Factual
#26	Best Business Administration & Management Associate Degree Schools	College Factual
#43	Best Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Schools	College Factual

Where Is College of Southern Nevada?

Contact details for CSN are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	6375 W. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas, NV 89146-1164
Phone:	702-651-5000
Website:	www.csn.edu

How Do I Get Into CSN?

You can apply to CSN online at: https://www.csn.edu/admission-application

As long as you submit the requested materials to College of Southern Nevada when applying, you shouldn't have to worry about getting in since the school has an open admissions policy.

Can I Afford College of Southern Nevada?

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At CSN, approximately 12% of students took out student loans averaging $3,730 a year. That adds up to $14,920 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at CSN is 13.7%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.

College of Southern Nevada Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 29,965 undergraduate students at CSN, with 9,431 being full-time and 20,534 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 9,431 full-time undergraduates at CSN, 41% are male and 59% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of College of Southern Nevada students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	922
Black or African American	925
Hispanic or Latino	3,428
White	2,615
International Students	220
Other Races/Ethnicities	1,321

Geographic Diversity

Nevada students aren't the only ones who study at College of Southern Nevada. At this time, 19 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 67 countries are represented at CSN. The most popular countries sending students to the school are South Korea, China, and Japan.

Online Learning at College of Southern Nevada

In 2019-2020, 19,704 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at CSN has changed over the last few years.

Online Growth Rankings of CSN

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at College of Southern Nevada was 4.3%. This is the #1,395 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at CSN regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

College of Southern Nevada Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	Bachelor’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	0	393	5	0	398
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	22	54	14	0	90
Project Management	0	0	0	62	62
Hotel/Motel Administration/Management	0	48	1	0	49
Real Estate	34	4	2	0	40
General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	16	10	1	0	27
Tourism and Travel Services Management	0	12	5	0	17
General Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations	0	12	0	0	12
Business Economics	0	5	0	0	5
General Hospitality Administration/Management	0	3	2	0	5
Restaurant/Food Services Management	0	4	1	0	5
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	0	1	0	0	1
Customer Service Management	0	0	0	0	0
Small Business Administration/Management	0	0	0	0	0
Banking and Financial Support Services	0	0	0	0	0
General Business/Commerce	0	0	0	0	0
International Business/Trade/Commerce	0	0	0	0	0
Retailing and Retail Operations	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	72	546	31	62	711

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.