Education at University of Nevada - Las Vegas

If you plan to study education, 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, 415 students received their master's degree in education.

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

UNLV Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Education
• Doctorate Degree in Education

Online Classes Are Available at UNLV

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, UNLV does offer online courses in education for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

UNLV Education Rankings

There were 22 students who received their doctoral degrees in education, making the school the #187 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Education Student Demographics at UNLV

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

UNLV Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 24% of education master's degrees went to men and 76% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 22% men graduate in education each year. UNLV does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

In the education master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 53% of degree recipients. That is 23% 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 education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	21
Black or African American	60
Hispanic or Latino	107
White	167
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	58

Concentrations Within Education

If you plan to be a education major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Nevada - Las Vegas. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Curriculum & Instruction	186
Special Education	122
Educational Administration	80
Teacher Education Grade Specific	29
Student Counseling	22
Teaching English or French	12
Teacher Education Subject Specific	6
Educational Assessment	2
Other Education	2

Related Majors

• History
• Communication & Journalism
• Social Sciences
• Psychology

Careers That Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in education 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
Elementary School Teachers	10,360	$56,970
Teacher Assistants	6,160	$31,080
High School Teachers	5,930	$57,910
Middle School Teachers	4,300	$58,460
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	2,970	$43,200

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.