2024 Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Nevada

Electrical Engineering is of the hottest bachelor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #31 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Nevada ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 88 bachelor's degrees in electrical engineering to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to electrical engineering students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other electrical engineering students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt electrical engineering students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized electrical engineering related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for electrical engineering students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Electrical Engineering Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Nevada ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Electrical Engineering in Nevada

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering.

Top Nevada Schools for a Bachelor's in EE

1

University of Nevada - Reno
Reno, NV

55 Annual Graduates

$61,629 Median Starting Salary

$16,500 Median Student Debt

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering needs to take a look at University of Nevada - Reno. Located in the large city of Reno, UNR is a public university with a very large student population.

After graduating, ee bachelor's recipients typically make an average of $61,629 at the beginning of their careers.

More information about a bachelor’s in electrical engineering from University of Nevada - Reno

2

University of Nevada - Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV

33 Annual Graduates

$67,725 Median Starting Salary

$19,000 Median Student Debt

University of Nevada - Las Vegas is a great choice for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering. Located in the midsize city of Las Vegas, UNLV is a public university with a very large student population.

Bachelor's recipients from the electrical engineering program at University of Nevada - Las Vegas make $3,048 above the standard college grad with the same degree shortly after graduation.

More information about a bachelor’s in electrical engineering from University of Nevada - Las Vegas

Best Electrical Engineering Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Electrical Engineering Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	262	2,496
Washington	226	555
Oregon	185	281
Hawaii	112	55
Alaska	75	27

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Rankings in Majors Related to EE

One of 41 majors within the Engineering area of study, Electrical Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

EE Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering	88

Majors Similar to EE

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering	250
Computer Engineering	148
Civil Engineering	123
Chemical Engineering	38
Biomedical Engineering	20
Geoscience Engineering	20
Environmental Engineering	18
Materials Engineering	14
Mining Engineering	8
Metallurgical Engineering	2

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to NASA. More about our data sources and methodologies.