North Carolina contains 123 schools that offer business and finance programs. Duke University, the highest-ranking business and finance school in NC, has a total student population of 14,350 and is the 15th highest ranked school in America.
Of the 123 business and finance schools in North Carolina, only 8 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Brookstone College comes out as the most expensive ($34,289/yr), with Rowan-Cabarrus Community College as the lowest recorded at only $76/yr.
Business and Finance students from North Carolina schools who go on to become business and finance professionals, event planners, web developers, SEOs, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 6,063,670 people working as business and financial operations employees alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $65,900. Also, Wholesale and retail buyers make on average $55,480 per year and there are about 116,900 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the North Carolina alone, there are 2,770 employed wholesale and retail buyers earning an average yearly salary of $50,520. Business and financial operations employees in this state earn $60,110/yr and there are 154,190 employed.
Also, within the business and finance schools in North Carolina, the average student population is 3,455 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 15 to 1. Aside from business and finance, 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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