Northern Nevada Development Authority

Workforce & Education

A skilled and well educated workforce is critical to any organization's success, and the Greater Reno-Tahoe area offers a wide variety of training and edcuation programs.

HIGHER EDUCATION

Western Nevada College
Western Nevada College (WNC), headquartered in Carson City with classrooms throughout the region, provides an extensive list of courses and training programs, including their Workforce Development Center.

University of Nevada, Reno
The University has nine degree-granting schools and colleges, including the School of Medicine. Students can choose from more than 75 majors for an undergraduate degree, as well as from more than 70 graduate-degree programs. University of Nevada Cooperative Extension also offers research, service and non-degree education programs throughout the state.

Truckee Meadows Community College
TMCC's Workforce Development and Continuing Education Division offers northern Nevada's largest selection of non-credit personal enrichment and professional success courses, along with customized training to help your business grow.

Sierra Nevada College
With the motto “Freedom, wisdom, and responsibility” reflecting a progressive, forward-looking approach to academics, Sierra Nevada College offers more than 30 undergraduate majors, minors, and concentrations.

Desert Research Institute
DRI, the environmental research arm of the Nevada System of Higher Education, conducts cutting-edge applied research in air, land and life, and water quality across Nevada, the United States and on every continent. With more than 500 employees and two main campuses in Reno and Las Vegas, NV, DRI generates $50 million in total annual revenue. DRI’s faculty members are nontenured, entrepreneurial and responsible for their own salaries from external grants and contracts. This blend of academic rigor and private-sector pragmatism has earned DRI a reputation for delivering rapid, high quality environmental science in a businesslike fashion. DRI’s mission is to excel in basic and applied research and the application of technologies to improve people's lives throughout Nevada and the world, by fostering scientific and engineering talent, applying scientific understanding to the effective management of natural resources while meeting Nevada's needs for economic diversification and science-based educational opportunities. DRI seeks to be the world's scientific leader investigating the effects of natural and human-induced environmental change and advancing environmental technologies aimed at assessing a changing planet. DRI will achieve this vision by increasing scientific knowledge and understanding of the earth's environment, promoting preservation of diverse ecosystems, advancing responsible resource management, and improving human health and welfare.

University of Phoenix
University of Phoenix, located in south Reno, is the largest private university with nearly 200 convenient locations in North America, as well as Internet delivery in most countries around the world. They have more than 100 degree programs at the associates, bachelors, masters and doctoral levels in much-desired employment areas, from business and technology to health care and education. The mission of University of Phoenix is to provide access to higher education opportunities that enable students to develop the knowledge and skills necessary to achieve their professional goals, improve the productivity of their organizations, and provide leadership and service to their communities.

Morrison University
At Morrison University, students get prepared for career-focused training. Programs are designed and taught by industry professionals to ensure training is centered on the actual demands of the workplace – not just theory, but the real-world skills and knowledge employers’ demand. Morrison University teaches students what employers want them to know! And, students receive the benefits of hands-on training and the chance to put skills into practice even before graduation – providing confidence in the educational field sought. Morrison University offers a number of exciting career programs: Accounting, Computer Science, Management, and Business Administration.

Career College of Northern Nevada
The programs at Career College of Northern Nevada (CCNN) were designed with your future employer in mind. CCNN's facility is one of the most modern and well equipped educational facilities of its type in Northern Nevada.

NNDA's Workforce Training Scholarship

NNDA walks-the-talk of economic vitality for the Greater Reno-Tahoe area. For the past two years, one-half of the net proceeds from NNDA’s Tee-Off for Education Golf-A-Thon fundraiser went to establishing a workforce training scholarship fund. This scholarship provides a new resource for the communities’ employees to improve their skills and value in the workforce and includes high school students who take dual credit classes through WNC. NNDA is committed to helping upgrade workforce skills – the number one c