Finance at University of Nevada - Las Vegas

Every finance school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the finance program at University of Nevada - Las Vegas stacks up to those at other schools.

UNLV is located in Las Vegas, Nevada and has a total student population of 30,457. In 2019, 140 finance majors received their bachelor's degree from UNLV.

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

UNLV Finance Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

UNLV Finance Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks finance programs across the country. The following shows how UNLV performed in these rankings.

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 finance major at UNLV 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
Most Popular Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools	109
Most Popular Finance Schools	122
Best Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools	369
Best Finance Schools	400

Finance Student Demographics at UNLV

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

UNLV Finance Bachelor’s Program

During the 2018-2019 academic year, 140 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in finance from UNLV. About 66% were men and 34% were women. The typical finance bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% women. So female students are more repesented at UNLV since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 34% 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 - Las Vegas with a bachelor's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	27
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	35
White	54
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	17

UNLV also has a doctoral program available in finance. In 2019, 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 - Las Vegas.

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 Stan Shebs under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.