North Carolina contains nineteen schools that offer banking programs. University of North Carolina-Wilmington, the highest-ranking banking school in NC, has a total student population of 12,924 and is the 151st highest ranked school in America.
Of the 19 banking schools in North Carolina, only 6 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Wake Forest University comes out as the most expensive ($28,737/yr), with Isothermal Community College as the lowest recorded at only $4,043/yr.
Banking students from North Carolina schools who go on to become bankers, tellers, investment bankers, financial managers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 153,720 people working as financial specialists alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $64,810. Also, Business and financial operations employees make on average $65,900 per year and there are about 6,063,670 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the North Carolina alone, there are 154,190 employed business and financial operations employees earning an average yearly salary of $60,110. Financial specialists in this state earn $64,830/yr and there are 7,570 employed.
Also, within the banking schools in North Carolina, the average student population is 3,455 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 15 to 1. Aside from banking, there are 6640 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 3,218 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $2,155, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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