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2023 Most Popular Civil Engineering Schools in Nevada

3 Colleges
$61,082 Avg Salary
$23,750 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Civil Engineering School for You

Civil Engineering is the #28 most popular major in Nevada with 179 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Civil Engineering Schools in Nevada to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Nevada to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Civil Engineering program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for civil eng majors pursuing a .

Our 2023 rankings named University of Nevada - Reno the most popular school in Nevada for civil engineering students. Located in the large city of Reno, UNR is a public school with a very large student population.

On average, civil eng graduates from UNR take out $22,000 in student loans while working on their degree.

Full Civil Engineering at University of Nevada - Reno Report

The excellent programs at University of Nevada - Las Vegas helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best civil engineering schools in Nevada. UNLV is a fairly large public school located in the city of Las Vegas.

Civil Eng majors at UNLV take out an average of $25,500 in student loans while working on their egree.

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#3

College of Southern Nevada

Las Vegas, NV

The excellent programs at College of Southern Nevada helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best civil engineering schools in Nevada. Located in the city of Las Vegas, CSN is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Best Civil Engineering Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Civil Engineering Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 3,198
Washington 581
Oregon 327
Hawaii 98
Alaska 54

Civil Engineering is one of 40 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Electrical Engineering 28,844
Computer Engineering 17,987
Chemical Engineering 12,917
Biomedical Engineering 12,811

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Master Sgt. Roger Parsons.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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