by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Nevada” ranking - to help you make that decision.
With 99,265 degrees handed out in 2020-2021, accounting is the 8th most popular major in the United States. In 2019-2020, accounting graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $47,712 and had an average of $26,539 in loans still to pay off.
Across Nevada, there were 447 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $50,774 and $26,777 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 60 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,756 and $17,303 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Nevada” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in accounting. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their accounting program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Nevada” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Nevada”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend College of Southern Nevada. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Nevada. CSN is located in Las Vegas, Nevada and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 54 associates’s accounting degrees to qualified students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Great Basin College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Nevada. Elko, Nevada is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s accounting degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Nevada College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Nevada. This small school is located in Carson City, Nevada, and it awarded 1 associates’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Nevada that were part of this year’s ranking, Las Vegas College landed the #4 spot on the list. Las Vegas College is a small school located in Henderson, Nevada that handed out 0 associates’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%.
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