Master's · Las Vegas, Nevada

Is Hospitality Administration/Management at University of Nevada-Las Vegas worth it?

Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 graduates behind the earnings figures.

The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans

Pays back in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 3.1 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $82,961; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $90,618; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $34,916; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published): $37k (likely $37k – $37k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $25k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in NV; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 3.1 years (likely 1.9–6.1); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: $47k (likely −$92k – $216k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $355k (likely $48k – $723k); Today's dollars

Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.