Engineering at University of Nevada - Las Vegas

If you are interested in studying engineering, you may want to check out the program at University of Nevada - Las Vegas. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UNLV is located in Las Vegas, Nevada and approximately 31,142 students attend the school each year. Of the 4,885 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Nevada - Las Vegas in 2021, 211 of them were engineering majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

UNLV Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
• Master’s Degree in Engineering
• Doctorate Degree in Engineering

UNLV Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the engineering progam at UNLV compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The engineering major at UNLV is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools	69
Most Focused Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools	75
Best Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools	91
	122
Most Popular Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	186

In 2021, 34 students received their master’s degree in engineering from UNLV. This makes it the #206 most popular school for engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 11 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #167 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at UNLV

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the engineering majors at University of Nevada - Las Vegas.

UNLV Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 211 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in engineering from UNLV in 2021, 83% were men and 17% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 43% more racial-ethnic minorities in its engineering bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Nevada - Las Vegas with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	48
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	64
White	56
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	30

UNLV Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 34 students who earned a master's degree in Engineering from UNLV in 2020-2021, 65% were men and 35% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Nevada - Las Vegas with a master's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	11
International Students	12
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UNLV also has a doctoral program available in engineering. In 2021, 11 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Engineering

Engineering majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Nevada - Las Vegas. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Mechanical Engineering	104
Civil Engineering	76
Electrical Engineering	42
Computer Engineering	28
Other Engineering	6
Biomedical Engineering	2
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	2

Related Majors

• Mathematics & Statistics
• Physical Sciences
• Architecture & Related Services
• Computer & Information Sciences
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NV, the home state for University of Nevada - Las Vegas.

Occupation	Jobs in NV	Average Salary in NV
Software Applications Developers	3,900	$105,640
Civil Engineers	2,340	$100,700
Cost Estimators	1,900	$66,650
Systems Software Developers	1,050	$100,510
Industrial Production Managers	840	$107,330

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
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Stan Shebs under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.