Engineering

Metallurgical Engineering

University of Nevada-Reno · Reno, NV

Medium evidenceMatched peers12 institutions · related subjectsSee the evidence

The degree in numbers

Cost & earnings.

Annual tuition$25,950Institution-level tuition; programme fees may differ · before aid
Grouped debt estimate$26,588Related subjects at 12 matched peer institutions · bachelor's
Annual credentials awarded8Average of available recent award years; not the earnings sample size.

Earnings context

One career stage.
A clearer comparison.

USD · Bachelor's · 2 years after completion
Same source release. National references exclude this degree.

Selected degree estimate$61,571
Engineering · national$63,302

Behind the number

Your comparison group.

Medium evidence

Related subjects at 12 matched peer institutions · bachelor's

Grouped estimate. Middle half of comparison values: $59,820–$63,005.

Historical earnings archive. College Scorecard legacy FOS archive (file dated 2022-01-19; cohorts vary). Do not interpret this as today's graduate salary. Further study and career changes are not modelled by this early-career figure.

Bachelor's outcomes · 2 years after completion
Institution & subjectReported earnings
Washington State UniversityBiomedical/Medical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Mechanical Engineering$64,121
Boise State UniversityCivil Engineering, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Mechanical Engineering$60,025
West Virginia UniversityAerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mining and Mineral Engineering, Petroleum Engineering$65,348
Ohio University-Main CampusChemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering$61,020
Western Michigan UniversityAerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Engineering, Other, Engineering-Related Fields, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering$63,005
Kent State University at KentEngineering Technology, General, Industrial Engineering$45,106
Sam Houston State UniversityConstruction Engineering Technologies$60,128
Montana State UniversityChemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Construction Engineering Technologies, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians$59,204
University of Massachusetts-LowellChemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Polymer/Plastics Engineering$63,005
University of UtahBiomedical/Medical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Mechanical Engineering$62,260
Western Carolina UniversityConstruction Engineering Technologies, Electrical Engineering Technologies/Technicians, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Engineering Technology, General$56,608
University of Alabama at BirminghamCivil Engineering, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering$62,122
How matching & uncertainty work

We first look for the same subject code (or exact subject name), qualification, country, currency, source release and earnings horizon. Peer institutions are matched using admissions selectivity, completion rates, undergraduate size and institution type, with a small preference for the same region. These are institutional proxies, not a ranking of programme quality.

If subject-matched peers are sparse, we try related subjects at closely matched universities, related degrees at this university, then an explicitly labelled national reference. We never multiply a salary by a university prestige score.

Peer and national estimates give each reporting institution one vote, after taking the median of its related programmes. Shared branch-campus outcomes count once. The middle-half range describes variation between reporting institutions. It is not an individual salary range or a statistical confidence interval.

Evidence labels describe match quality and coverage, not validated prediction accuracy. Admissions and size are undergraduate institutional measures, so graduate-degree comparisons are especially approximate.

Historical cohort outcomes are not promised salaries or a causal effect of attending this programme. College Scorecard earnings cover eligible federal-aid recipients, not every graduate or international student. Source definitions ↗