Civil Engineering at University of Nevada - Las Vegas

If you plan to study civil engineering, take a look at what University of Nevada - Las Vegas has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UNLV is located in Las Vegas, Nevada and approximately 31,142 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 16 students received their master's degree in civil eng.

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

UNLV Civil Engineering Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Civil Eng
• Doctorate Degree in Civil Eng

UNLV Civil Engineering Rankings

There were 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in civil eng, making the school the #71 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Civil Eng Student Demographics at UNLV

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

UNLV Civil Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 16 civil eng students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UNLV, about 44% were men and 56% were women.

In the civil eng master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 25% of degree recipients. That is 7% better 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 master's in civil eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Other Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering

Careers That Civil Eng Grads May Go Into

A degree in civil eng 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
Civil Engineers	2,340	$100,700
Architectural and Engineering Managers	780	$141,210
Environmental Engineers	470	$92,810
Engineers	460	$94,950
Mining and Geological Engineers	350	$85,640

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

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