Finance at University of Nevada - Reno

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

UNR is located in Reno, Nevada and approximately 20,722 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 136 students received a bachelor's degree in finance from UNR.

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

UNR Finance Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance
• Master’s Degree in Finance

UNR Finance Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the finance progam at UNR compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The finance major at UNR is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Finance. 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
	74
	101
	113
	118
	121
	205
	221
	237
	250
	262
	285
	444
	485

In 2021, 8 students received their master’s degree in finance from UNR. This makes it the #101 most popular school for finance master’s degree candidates in the country.

Finance Student Demographics at UNR

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

UNR Finance Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 136 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in finance from UNR. About 83% were men and 17% were women.

About 62% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in finance at UNR are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% more racial-ethnic minorities in its finance 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 - Reno with a bachelor's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	14
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	18
White	84
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

UNR Finance Master’s Program

Of the 8 finance students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UNR, about 63% were men and 38% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

Careers That Finance Grads May Go Into

A degree in finance 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
General and Operations Managers	18,330	$128,080
Financial Managers	5,890	$123,890
Loan Officers	3,360	$80,290
Chief Executives	920	$215,590
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.