we know how princeton and harvard are viewed and Penn state too - but what is the overall opinion of University of Nevada - vegas? is it looked at as a joke? are they serious about academics as other schools.....i don't want my MA degree to be a joke!
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UNLV is considered just another one of those middling schools. Not all that prestigious, but not crap either. It's a legit school so no one will think your masters degree will be a joke (that's usually reserved for online schools). However, unless your masters degree is in a program that UNLV is especially known for in the industry, you'll just get the regular respect of having finished a masters. None of the extra prestige at having done it at a famous school like Harvard. As long as you are in Nevada, and particularly Vegas, UNLV will have some prestige since it's the "big" school in town. It's an interesting phenomenon I've noticed about fairly isolated cities. If you go to the "big" school in town, then your school gets more prestige than it would if you were in another town with "bigger" schools around. Same thing happens up in Reno. Going to UN Reno is pretty respected by locals until you cross the CA border and run into UC Davis' sphere of influence.
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Their law school is ranked 82nd which is pretty high. They are definitely no joke. I would be afraid I wouldn't be getting any work done though living in Sin City.
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ITs a joke. Sorry.
