2022 Best Value Colleges for Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in Nevada

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Engineering Schools in Nevada For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

With 200,458 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, engineering is the 6th most popular major in the United States. In 2017-2018, engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $64,888 and had an average of $23,564 in loans still to pay off.

Across Nevada, there were 836 engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,600 and $23,452 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools in Nevada For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the engineering program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Engineering Schools in Nevada For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Engineering Schools in Nevada For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for nevada engineering students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in Nevada

#1

University of Nevada - Las Vegas

Las Vegas, Nevada

#2 in overall quality

$9,880 Average Net Price

$46,561 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nevada - Las Vegas. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools in Nevada For Those Making $30-$48k list. Las Vegas, Nevada is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s engineering degrees to 241 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNLV, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Engineering Schools in Nevada” ranking. It costs about $9,880 for nevada engineering students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend University of Nevada - Las Vegas.

Read more about Engineering at UNLV

#2

University of Nevada - Reno

Reno, Nevada

#1 in overall quality

$12,716 Average Net Price

$41,025 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nevada - Reno. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools in Nevada For Those Making $30-$48k list. Reno, Nevada is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s engineering degrees to 593 students in 2019-2020.

UNR also took the #1 spot in our “Best Engineering Schools in Nevada” ranking. It costs about $12,716 for Nevada Engineering students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend University of Nevada - Reno.

Read full report on Engineering at University of Nevada - Reno

• Best Value Colleges for Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Colleges for Engineering (Income $30-$48k)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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