Nevada contains two schools that offer computer engineering programs. University of Nevada-Las Vegas, the highest-ranking computer engineering school in NV, has a total student population of 29,080 and is the 1903rd highest ranked school in America.
Of the 2 computer engineering schools in Nevada, both of them have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, University of Nevada-Las Vegas comes out as the most expensive ($8,166/yr), with Truckee Meadows Community College as the lowest recorded at only $7,896/yr.
Computer Engineering students from Nevada schools who go on to become computer engineers, database administrators, computer and information scientists, computer support specialists, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 338,890 people working as network and computer systems administrators alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $70,930. Also, Computer programmers make on average $74,690 per year and there are about 367,880 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Nevada alone, there are 1,110 employed computer programmers earning an average yearly salary of $68,710. Network and computer systems administrators in this state earn $62,560/yr and there are 1,210 employed.
Also, within the computer engineering schools in Nevada, the average student population is 3,396 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 18 to 1. Aside from computer engineering, 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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