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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 175 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from UNLV.

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 following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at UNLV compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	293
Most Focused Accounting Schools	573

In 2021, 50 students received their master’s degree in accounting from UNLV. This makes it the #101 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Accounting Graduates from UNLV Make?

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at UNLV is $49,951. This is 8% higher than $46,292, which is the national average for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

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

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 175 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in accounting from UNLV. About 50% were men and 50% were 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 8% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 24% 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	40
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	50
White	63
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

UNLV Accounting Master’s Program

Of the 50 students who earned a master's degree in Accounting from UNLV in 2020-2021, 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 24% 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

UNLV also has a doctoral program available in accounting. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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.