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Which universities in North Carolina produce more high-earning female alumni by volume than any other institutions in the state? To find out, we narrowed our dataset of over 130 million people to 1.5 million alumni who earned a degree in North Carolina. Then, we sliced the population using gender and income filters to isolate female alumni who earn $100,000 per year or more.
Here are the institutions in North Carolina with the highest volume of high-earning female graduates.
1. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The top industries for female graduates of UNC Chapel Hill across all segments are healthcare, education and information technology. These alumni enjoy an average salary much higher than the national average at $91,950.
Average Salary for Females Earning >$100K: $143,364
Top Employer for Females Earning >$100K: Wells Fargo
Top Major for Employer: Business Administration
2. Duke University
Duke University is ranked No. 9 by U.S. News for National Universities in 2022 and is attractive to top employers like Google, Microsoft and Amazon who hire high volumes of their female graduates.
Average Salary for Females Earning >$100K: $150,377
Top Employer for Females Earning >$100K: Deloitte
Top Major for Employer: Business Administration
3. North Carolina State University
North Carolina State University has earned an A+ for their Overall Niche Grade, which includes top scores for academics, diversity, value and campus. Cisco is a top employer for female alumni from NC State who are hired as business analysts and software engineers over any other role.
Average Salary for Females Earning >$100K: $135,109
Top Employer for Females Earning >$100K: SAS
Top Major for Employer: Computer Science
4. East Carolina University
According to Niche.com, 87 percent of students from East Carolina University feel confident they'll find a job in their field after graduation. Healthcare, education and information technology are the top industries for these female alumni.
Average Salary for Females Earning >$100K: $134,964
Top Employer for Females Earning >$100K: Vidant Health
Top Major for Employer: Nursing
5. The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
UNC Charlotte ranks in the top 50 for Social Mobility by U.S. News. Criteria for this ranking includes enrolling and graduating large proportions of disadvantaged students awarded with Pell Grants.
Average Salary for Females Earning >$100K: $134,412
Top Employer for Females Earning >$100K: Bank of America
Top Major for Employer: Computer Science
6. Wake Forest University
Wake Forest has highly ranked graduate programs in law, business and medicine. In fact, their top three job titles for female alumni are attorney, parter and associate.
Average Salary for Females Earning >$100K: $144,457
Top Employer for Females Earning >$100K: Deloitte
Top Major for Employer: Accounting
7. The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Female data analysts from UNC Greensboro are skilled in CSS, data visualization and geomatics. Beacon Data is a high-paying top employer for these alumni.
Average Salary for Females Earning >$100K: $137,836
Top Employer for Females Earning >$100K: Wells Fargo
Top Major for Employer: Computer Information Systems
8. Appalachian State University
U.S. News ranks Appalachian State University No. 2 in Best Colleges for Veterans out of regional universities in the south. These female vets study biology, criminal justice and education.
Average Salary for Females Earning >$100K: $134,958
Top Employer for Females Earning >$100K: Bank of America
Top Major for Employer: Accounting
9. Elon University
U.S. News ranks Elon No. 1 for Best Undergraduate Teaching. Perhaps this inspires so many female students to go into education themselves, which is the top industry for these graduates.
Average Salary for Females Earning >$100K: $132,420
Top Employer for Females Earning >$100K: Labcorp
Top Major for Employer: Business Administration
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