USMLE & COMLEX Tutor in Nevada

Nevada has four medical schools: three grant the MD and one grants the DO. school list The oldest is the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine (public, 1969); Las Vegas has the public University of Nevada, Las Vegas Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine (2014) and the private Roseman University College of Medicine (2025), the newest; Henderson has the DO school, Touro University Nevada (private, 2004). school list

Where classes come from varies: 74.2% of the Kerkorian School's entering class and 65.3% of the Reno school's came from Nevada in 2025-26, against 18.8% at Roseman. AAMC FACTS Clerkship hospitals are concentrated too: nine of Nevada's twelve teaching hospitals are in Las Vegas, two in Henderson and one in Reno. CMS teaching hospital list

Medical schools in Nevada

Several of these schools teach students at more than one site: University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine also lists Elko, Nevada.

School list: LCME and COCA accreditation lists, via the list of medical schools in the United States, checked October 2026.

Teaching hospitals in Nevada by city

• Las Vegas: Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center; University Medical Center; Valley Hospital Medical Center; Desert Springs Hospital Medical Cntr; Mountain View Hospital; Summerlin Hospital Medical Center; Spring Valley Hospital Medical Cntr; Southern Hills Hospital & Medical Center; Centennial Hills Hospital
• Henderson: St. Rose Dominican - Siena; Henderson Hospital
• Reno: Renown Regional Medical Center

Facts about Nevada

Accreditation: LCME directory; applications, places and in-state share: AAMC FACTS, Table A-1.

ABIM internal medicine certification exam by residency program: ABIM residency program pass rates.

• UNR Med teaches its first two years in systems-based blocks, 40 weeks of instruction in Year 1 and 31 in Year 2, and its Foundations curriculum ties each week's science to a "Case of the Week". (University of Nevada)
• UNR Med requires a passing Step 1 score before a student advances to the third year and a passing Step 2 to graduate; Year 2 includes a 7-week USMLE independent study period with faculty-led Step 1 workshops. (University of Nevada)
• UNR Med's third year holds 48 weeks of required clerkships, 8 weeks each in internal medicine and surgery and 4 in neurology, and its fourth year asks for at least 32 weeks of electives plus a four-week rural health rotation. (University of Nevada)
• The Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV runs its MD in three phases (foundations, clerkships and career exploration); students take a subject examination at the end of each core clerkship discipline and have six weeks of selectives. (Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV)
• The Kerkorian School teaches in a 135,000 square-foot building in the Las Vegas medical district, and its clinical partners include University Medical Center of Southern Nevada, Sunrise Hospital, Mike O'Callaghan Military Medical Center at Nellis Air Force Base and the Southern Nevada VA Medical Center. (Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV)
• The Kerkorian School's final phase requires a sub-internship or an intensive care rotation, a Nevada community medicine rotation and a Capstone. (Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV)
• In the 2025 Main Residency Match, programs in Nevada offered 317 residency positions in 15 specialties, the most in internal medicine (120), transitional year (39), and family medicine (38). (NRMP)

Sources: LCME, directory of accredited U.S. programs (checked October 29, 2026); AAMC FACTS, Table A-1, 2025-2026 (checked October 29, 2026); University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, M.D. Program Curriculum (checked November 1, 2026); Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV, About Our Program (checked November 1, 2026); NRMP, 2025 Main Residency Match by state and specialty (checked October 29, 2026); ABIM, residency program pass rates 2023-2025 (checked October 29, 2026).

Reno and Las Vegas schedule Step 1 differently

UNR Med makes Step 1 a gate: a passing score is required before a student advances to the third year, and passing Step 2 is required to graduate (UNR Med curriculum). The second year ends with a 7-week USMLE independent study period that includes faculty-led workshops, practice blocks and review, after 31 weeks of systems-based blocks in Year 2 and 40 in Year 1.

That makes the Reno timeline fixed and short. We build a Reno student's plan backward from the end of the Year 2 blocks: question-bank work starts during the last blocks, a first NBME practice exam goes in before the independent study period opens, and the seven weeks are spent closing the gaps that exam shows rather than reading from the beginning. Because the pass has to come before the third year begins, we set a practice-score target before booking the test date.

The Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV runs its MD in three phases, foundations, clerkships and career exploration, and its academic support office helps students build individualized study plans for Step 1 and Step 2 using NBME question banks (UNLV MD program). In its clerkship phase, students take a subject examination at the end of each core discipline (family medicine, internal medicine, neurology, ob-gyn, pediatrics, psychiatry and surgery), plus six weeks of selectives.

Clerkships and the last year in Nevada

UNR Med's third year holds 48 weeks of required clerkships, from 8 weeks each of internal medicine and surgery to 4 of neurology, and its fourth year asks for at least 32 weeks of electives plus a four-week rural health rotation (UNR Med curriculum). Las Vegas students train with partners that include University Medical Center of Southern Nevada, Sunrise Hospital, Mike O'Callaghan Military Medical Center at Nellis Air Force Base and the Southern Nevada VA Medical Center, and finish with a Nevada community medicine rotation and a Capstone (UNLV MD program).

Both schools end with a rural or community requirement, which means Step 2 CK often has to fit around a rotation away from the city. We plan it around the shelf scores from the core year and leave room for the residency season.

Nevada's 2025 Match

In the 2025 Main Residency Match, Nevada programs offered 317 positions in 15 specialties, led by internal medicine (120), the transitional year (39) and family medicine (38) (NRMP). Osteopathic seniors matched to 114 of those positions and US MD seniors to 68, so DO seniors outnumbered MD seniors in Nevada's Match, in a state whose DO school is in Henderson.

For Touro students COMLEX is the licensing series; whether to add a USMLE score for residency applications is a separate choice, and our COMLEX Level 2 vs Step 2 CK comparison helps them decide.

Which board exams Nevada students take

Nevada's three MD schools, the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV and Roseman University College of Medicine, all lead to the USMLE, where Step 1 has been reported pass/fail since January 26, 2022, and Step 2 CK and Step 3 follow. USMLE Reno has held LCME accreditation since 1971 and UNLV since 2016, while Roseman holds preliminary status, with its next survey in 2026-27. LCME

Touro University Nevada College of Osteopathic Medicine in Henderson is the DO route, so its students work through COMLEX-USA instead, from Level 1 and Level 2-CE to Level 3. NBOME The exam series follows the degree, not the site, so students at the Elko site the Reno school lists sit the USMLE like their Reno classmates. school list

Residency adds one more exam for internal medicine: in 2023-2025, 88% of 68 first-time takers from the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Program in Las Vegas passed ABIM's internal medicine exam. ABIM

Nevada licensing rules that affect your exam plan

Nevada's medical and osteopathic boards write different rules. The medical board caps USMLE attempts at nine in total and three at Step 3, and it counts seven years from the first Step you pass (ten for PhD applicants). FSMB The osteopathic board sets no limit on COMLEX attempts or time. FSMB

Nevada Medical board

Nevada Osteopathic board

Source: FSMB state licensure requirements, checked October 2026; confirm with the board before relying on them.

What Nevada's rules mean for how you study

• Nevada counts attempts across all three Steps, nine in total, so passing each first time leaves six spare, and extra sittings at Step 1 or Step 2 CK shrink what is left for Step 3. FSMB
• Step 3 has its own cap in Nevada: no more than three attempts, one fewer than the USMLE program's four per Step, so sit it when your practice scores are steady. FSMB USMLE eligibility rules
• For MDs, the seven-year clock starts the day you first pass any Step, not at graduation, so a long gap before Step 3 can eat into it; PhD applicants get ten years. FSMB
• For DO students, Nevada's osteopathic board sets no limit on COMLEX attempts or time, but it asks for three years of training before a full license, or two with a signed commitment to practice in Nevada. FSMB

Many Nevada students rotate, interview or match next door. Nevada's neighbors on our list: Arizona (2 MD, 2 DO), California (13 MD, 3 DO), Idaho (0 MD, 1 DO), Oregon (1 MD, 0 DO), Utah (1 MD, 1 DO).

How much Nevada searches for board prep

Nevada ranks 6th of 51 for COMLEX searches on Google Trends over the five years to October 2026, its best result and the only term in its top ten, despite three MD schools to one DO school, Touro in Henderson.

The general USMLE term sits at 29th, while USMLE Step 2 (20th) and Step 1 (21st) rank higher, and shelf exam is 16th.

Source: Google Trends, United States, past 5 years, retrieved October 2026; ranks show relative interest, not student numbers.