Electrical Engineering at University of Nevada - Reno

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

UNR is located in Reno, Nevada and approximately 20,722 students attend the school each year.

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

UNR Electrical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in EE
• Master’s Degree in EE

UNR Electrical Engineering Rankings

The ee major at UNR is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Electrical 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.

There were 6 students who received their doctoral degrees in ee, making the school the #96 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

EE Student Demographics at UNR

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the ee majors at University of Nevada - Reno.

UNR Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 88% of ee bachelor's degrees went to men and 12% went to women.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ee at UNR are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% more racial-ethnic minorities in its ee 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 - Reno with a bachelor's in ee.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	19
White	43
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UNR Electrical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of ee master's degrees went to men and 0% went to women.

In the ee master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 19% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	0
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Electrical Engineering

Electrical 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 - Reno. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Electrical Engineering	63

Related Majors

• Engineering Physics
• Metallurgical Engineering
• Other Engineering
• Mining Engineering
• Materials Engineering

Careers That EE Grads May Go Into

A degree in ee 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 - Reno.

Occupation	Jobs in NV	Average Salary in NV
Electronics Engineers	820	$93,850
Architectural and Engineering Managers	780	$141,210
Electrical Engineers	640	$92,540
Engineers	460	$94,950
Aerospace Engineers	310	$91,850

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 delamare under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.