The University
The University of Nevada, Reno is the state Land Grant university located in Reno, NV (pop. 450,000 Elev. 4,700 ft.). It is Carnegie classified as having very high research activity (R1). Reno is in the rain shadow of the Sierra Nevada Mountains which provides the city with >300 days of sunshine per year. Lake Tahoe, home of the 1960 winter Olympics, is approximately 40 miles from campus. San Francisco and Napa/Sonoma are 3.5 hours away. The annual enrollment is ~22,000 students. Both Civil and Environmental Engineering are nationally ranked in the top 100 by US News and World Report (#64, #55, respectively).
For information on Reno, the campus, and graduate life here, visit:
http://www.unr.edu/gsa/living-in-reno
For information on Reno, the campus, and graduate life here, visit:
http://www.unr.edu/gsa/living-in-reno