Accounting at University of Nevada - Las Vegas

If you plan to study accounting, take a look at what University of Nevada - Las Vegas has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UNLV is located in Las Vegas, Nevada and approximately 31,142 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 50 students received their master's degree in accounting.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Accounting section at the bottom of this page.

UNLV Accounting Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Accounting

UNLV Accounting Rankings

Accounting Student Demographics at UNLV

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the accounting majors at University of Nevada - Las Vegas.

UNLV Accounting Master’s Program

Of the 50 accounting students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UNLV, about 38% were men and 62% were women.

In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 60% of degree recipients. That is 29% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Nevada - Las Vegas with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	16
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Related Majors

• Management Information Systems
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Hospitality Management
• Business Administration & Management

Careers That Accounting Grads May Go Into

A degree in accounting can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NV, the home state for University of Nevada - Las Vegas.

Occupation	Jobs in NV	Average Salary in NV
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	11,240	$40,100
Accountants and Auditors	8,430	$66,600
Financial Managers	5,890	$123,890
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	1,380	$45,180
Financial Analysts	840	$83,370

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Stan Shebs under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.