Sandoval graduated from Bishop Manogue High School in Reno in 1981, and attended the University of Nevada, Reno, where he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, and earned a Bachelor's Degree in English and economics in 1986.
Сандовал окончил среднюю школу "Bishop Manogue" в Рино в 1981 году и поступил в Университете штата Невада, где он был членом братства "Sigma Alpha Epsilon".