Accounting at University of Nevada - Las Vegas

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

UNLV is located in Las Vegas, Nevada and has a total student population of 31,142. Of the 1,323 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Nevada - Las Vegas in 2021, 175 of them were accounting majors.

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
	52
	183
	258
	281

In 2021, 50 students received their master’s degree in accounting from UNLV. This makes it the #96 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

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 accounting majors earned their bachelor's degree from UNLV. Of these graduates, 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% men. So male students are more repesented at UNLV since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 27% 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

The accounting program at UNLV awarded 50 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 38% of these degrees went to men with the other 62% going to women.

In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 60% of degree recipients. That is 27% 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

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
Accountants and Auditors	8,430	$66,600
Credit Analysts	610	$70,540
Business Professors	350	$78,040
Budget Analysts	280	$70,490
Financial Examiners	110	$67,820

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.