Accounting at University of Nevada - Las Vegas

What traits are you looking for in a accounting school? To help you decide if University of Nevada - Las Vegas is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's accounting program.

UNLV is located in Las Vegas, Nevada and approximately 31,142 students attend the school each year.

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

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
• Master’s Degree in Accounting

UNLV Accounting Rankings

The accounting major at UNLV is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Accounting. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

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 Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 52% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 48% went to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at UNLV since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 37% more racial-ethnic minorities in its accounting bachelor's program 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 bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	52
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	50
White	37
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	20

UNLV Accounting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 44% of accounting master's degrees went to men and 56% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in accounting each year. UNLV does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 60% of degree recipients. That is 22% 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	18
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	21
White	21
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Concentrations Within Accounting

If you plan to be a accounting 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
Accounting	225

Related Majors

• Management Information Systems
• Real Estate
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Entrepreneurial Studies
• International Business

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.