Accounting at University of Nevada - Reno

If you are interested in studying accounting, you may want to check out the program at University of Nevada - Reno. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UNR is located in Reno, Nevada and approximately 20,722 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 22 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.

UNR Accounting Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Accounting

UNR Accounting Rankings

Accounting Student Demographics at UNR

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

UNR Accounting Master’s Program

The accounting program at UNR awarded 22 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 50% of these degrees went to men with the other 50% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 46% men graduate in accounting each year. UNR does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% more men than average.

In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 36% of degree recipients. That is 6% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	11
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Finance & Financial 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 - Reno.

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 delamare under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.