2025 Best Accounting Master's Degree Schools in Nevada

Accounting is of the hottest master's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #10 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Nevada to determine which ones were the best for accounting students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 101 master's degrees in accounting during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Master’s Degree Schools List

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on accounting students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other accounting students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for accounting to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized accounting related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for accounting students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Accounting Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Accounting Master's Degree Schools in Nevada list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Accounting in Nevada

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in accounting.

Top Nevada Schools for a Master's in Accounting

1

University of Nevada - Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV

72 Annual Graduates

$63,885 Median Starting Salary

University of Nevada - Las Vegas is a good decision for students interested in a master's degree in accounting. Located in the midsize city of Las Vegas, UNLV is a public university with a very large student population.

After graduation, accounting master's recipients usually make an average of $63,885 in their early careers.

More information about a master’s in accounting from University of Nevada - Las Vegas

2

University of Nevada - Reno
Reno, NV

29 Annual Graduates

University of Nevada - Reno is one of the best schools in the country for getting a master's degree in accounting. Located in the city of Reno, UNR is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in accounting from University of Nevada - Reno

Best Accounting Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Accounting Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	253	824
Washington	183	159
Oregon	158	39
Hawaii	85	22

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Accounting Related Rankings by Major

One of 21 majors within the Business, Management & Marketing area of study, Accounting has other similar majors worth exploring.

Accounting Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Accounting	101

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management	197
Hospitality Management	51
Finance & Financial Management	14
Other Business, Management & Marketing	6
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	4

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Pixabay. More about our data sources and methodologies.