North Carolina contains five schools that offer entrepreneurship programs. High Point University, the highest-ranking entrepreneurship school in NC, has a total student population of 3,603 and is the 394th highest ranked school in America.
Of the 5 entrepreneurship schools in North Carolina, none have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, High Point University comes out as the most expensive ($24,754/yr), with Surry Community College as the lowest recorded at only $3,573/yr.
Entrepreneurship students from North Carolina schools who go on to become entrepreneurs, internet entrepreneurs, e-business entrepreneurs, e-commerce entrepreneurs, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 1,036,450 people working as business operations specialists alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $65,960. 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. Business operations specialists in this state earn $61,710/yr and there are 28,030 employed.
Also, within the entrepreneurship schools in North Carolina, the average student population is 3,455 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 15 to 1. Aside from entrepreneurship, 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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