Data Processing at University of Nevada - Las Vegas

If you are interested in studying data processing, you may want to check out the program at University of Nevada - Las Vegas. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UNLV is located in Las Vegas, Nevada and approximately 31,142 students attend the school each year. Of the 183 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Nevada - Las Vegas in 2021, 48 of them were data processing majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Data Processing section at the bottom of this page.

UNLV Data Processing Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Data Processing
• Master’s Degree in Data Processing

UNLV Data Processing Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the data processing progam at UNLV compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The data processing major at UNLV is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Data Processing. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Data Processing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1
	2
Most Popular Data Processing Graduate Certificate Schools	2
Best Data Processing Graduate Certificate Schools	2
Best Value Data Processing Master’s Degree Schools	3
Best Value Data Processing Graduate Certificate Schools	3
Most Focused Data Processing Graduate Certificate Schools	3
Best Value Data Processing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	3
Best Data Processing Master’s Degree Schools	4
	4
Best Data Processing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	4
	4
Most Popular Data Processing Master’s Degree Schools	5
Most Focused Data Processing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	5
Most Focused Data Processing Master’s Degree Schools	6
Most Popular Data Processing Schools	7
Best Data Processing Schools	9
	11
Best Value Data Processing Schools	25
Most Focused Data Processing Schools	40

In 2021, 10 students received their master’s degree in data processing from UNLV. This makes it the #5 most popular school for data processing master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of UNLV Data Processing Graduates

The median salary of data processing students who receive their bachelor's degree at UNLV is $52,631. This is 14% higher than $46,032, which is the national average for all data processing bachelor's degree recipients.

Data Processing Student Demographics at UNLV

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the data processing majors at University of Nevada - Las Vegas.

UNLV Data Processing Bachelor’s Program

Of the 48 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in data processing from UNLV in 2021, 69% were men and 31% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% more racial-ethnic minorities in its data processing bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Nevada - Las Vegas with a bachelor's in data processing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	13
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	15
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UNLV Data Processing Master’s Program

The data processing program at UNLV awarded 10 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 70% of these degrees went to men with the other 30% going to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Nevada - Las Vegas with a master's in data processing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	2
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UNLV also has a doctoral program available in data processing. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Data Processing

Data Processing majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Nevada - Las Vegas. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Data Processing Technology	59

Related Majors

• Information Technology
• Computer Science

Careers That Data Processing Grads May Go Into

A degree in data processing can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NV, the home state for University of Nevada - Las Vegas.

Occupation	Jobs in NV	Average Salary in NV
Computer Workers	2,600	$72,610
Computer Operators	110	$47,900

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Stan Shebs under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.