Engineering at University of Nevada - Reno

If you are interested in studying 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 Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

UNR Engineering Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UNR

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UNR offers distance education options for engineering at the following degree levels:

UNR Engineering Rankings

There were 30 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #102 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at UNR

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

UNR Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 76% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 24% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	24
International Students	26
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Engineering

If you plan to be a engineering major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. 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
Computer Engineering	39
Civil Engineering	34
Mechanical Engineering	11
Electrical Engineering	8
Other Engineering	8
Environmental Engineering	7
Biomedical Engineering	4
Mining Engineering	3
Chemical Engineering	2
Materials Engineering	2
Metallurgical Engineering	1
Geoscience Engineering	1

Related Majors

• Science Technologies / Technicians
• Agriculture & Agriculture Operations
• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Physical 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 - Reno.

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 delamare under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.