Las Vegas, NV (population: 570,083) has three information assurance schools within its city limits. University of Nevada-Las Vegas, the highest ranked school in the city with an information assurance program, has a total student population of 29,080. It is the 1903rd highest ranked school in the USA and the 3rd highest in the state of Nevada (#1 is Euphoria Institute of Beauty Arts & Sciences).
Information Assurance students from Las Vegas schools who go on to become information assurance specialists, computer security specialists, database administrators, computer and information scientists, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 26,130 people working as computer and information scientists, research alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $105,370. 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.
Las Vegas lies in Clark county, which is one of the 8 counties in Nevada. Overall, the Las Vegas-Paradise area has 858,540 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1.0% unemployment rate, $19.26/hr average worker wage, and a $40,070 average annual salary.
Of the 3 information assurance schools in Las Vegas, only 2 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, University of Phoenix-Las Vegas Campus comes out as the most expensive ($22,148/yr) for information assurance students, with University of Nevada-Las Vegas as the lowest, reported at only $8,166/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Las Vegas |
| North Las Vegas | NV | 236,574 | 0 | - | 0 | 6.1 miles |
| Henderson | NV | 265,681 | 11 | 16.4924 | 250 | 17.5 miles |
| Bullhead City | AZ | 41,377 | 0 | - | 0 | 84.6 miles |