Nevada contains two schools that offer clinical research programs. University of Nevada-Las Vegas, the highest-ranking clinical research school in NV, has a total student population of 29,080 and is the 1903rd highest ranked school in America.
Of the 2 clinical research schools in Nevada, both of them have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, College of Southern Nevada comes out as the most expensive ($8,990/yr), with University of Nevada-Las Vegas as the lowest recorded at only $8,166/yr.
Clinical Research students from Nevada schools who go on to become clinical researchers, clinical laboratory researchers, institutional research directors, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 152,420 people working as medical and clinical laboratory technicians alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $37,860. Also, Medical records and health information technicians make on average $33,880 per year and there are about 170,580 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Nevada alone, there are 1,230 employed medical records and health information technicians earning an average yearly salary of $35,850. Medical and clinical laboratory technicians in this state earn $34,720/yr and there are 740 employed.
Also, within the clinical research schools in Nevada, the average student population is 3,396 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 18 to 1. Aside from clinical research, there are 786 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 1,014 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $2,730, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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