Las Vegas, NV (population: 570,083) has three forensic accounting schools within its city limits. University of Nevada-Las Vegas, the highest ranked school in the city with a forensic accounting program, has a total student population of 29,080. It is the 1903rd highest ranked school in the USA and the 3rd highest in the state of Nevada (#1 is Euphoria Institute of Beauty Arts & Sciences). To learn more about forensic accounting programs in Las Vegas, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of forensic accounting professors at University of Nevada such as Reginald Baker, Eric Bashaw, Grant Beck, Kimberly Charron, Grace Chatfield, and Tony Cocco.
Forensic Accounting students from Las Vegas schools who go on to become forensic accountants, forensics specialists, crime scene forensics specialists, computer forensics specialists, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 1,106,980 people working as accountants and auditors alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $67,430. Also, Bill and account collectors make on average $32,560 per year and there are about 403,100 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Las Vegas-Paradise area alone, there are 3,420 employed bill and account collectors earning an average salary of $35,490. Accountants and auditors in this area earn $58,660/yr and there are 3,870 employed.
Las Vegas lies in Clark county, which is one of the 8 counties in Nevada. Overall, the Las Vegas-Paradise area has 858,540 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1.0% unemployment rate, $19.26/hr average worker wage, and a $40,070 average annual salary. Thus, about 4.503 out of every 1000 jobs in Las Vegas are held by accountants and auditors, and 3.986/1000 are held by bill and account collectors.
Of the 3 forensic accounting schools in Las Vegas, only 2 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, University of Phoenix-Las Vegas Campus comes out as the most expensive ($22,148/yr) for forensic accounting students, with University of Nevada-Las Vegas as the lowest, reported at only $8,166/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Las Vegas |
| North Las Vegas | NV | 236,574 | 0 | - | 0 | 6.1 miles |
| Henderson | NV | 265,681 | 11 | 16.4924 | 250 | 17.5 miles |
| Bullhead City | AZ | 41,377 | 0 | - | 0 | 84.6 miles |