MASTER OF SCIENCE IN ANALYTICS

2018 ADMISSIONS REPORT

Applications for admission received: 1,032

Applicants offered admission: 147

Acceptance rate: 14%

Number of candidates enrolled: 115

Enrollment rate: 78%

U.S. citizens/permanent residents enrolled: 82%

North Carolina residents enrolled: 62%

Women enrolled: 47%

Countries of origin of enrolled students: 20

Average number of years since undergraduate degree: 3

Average undergraduate grade point average (GPA): 3.57

Graduated with academic honors: 62%

Previously employed full-time (3 or more years): 45%

Average age / median age: 25 / 24

Range in age: 20 – 40

Admissions results for Class of 2018 reported as of July 8, 2017.

For further information about admissions contact: analytics@ncsu.edu

 DEMOGRAPHICS – MSA CLASS OF 2018

RESIDENCY GENDER

Non-Resident
38% Female
Male 47%
NC Resident 53%
62%

CITIZENSHIP MINORITY STUDENTS

International
Perm. Resident 18%
3% Minority
35%

Non-Minority
U.S. Citizen 65%
79%

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 AGE DISTRIBUTION
30

Median Age
25

20
Frequency

15

10

0
20 25 30 35 40
Age

ADMISSIONS FUNNEL – MSA CLASS OF 2018

1032 Applications

349 Interviews (34%)

147 Offers of Admission (14%)

115 Students Enrolled

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 UNDERGRADUATE SCHOOLS ATTENDED

MSA CLASS OF 2018

Abilene Christian University North Carolina State University

Appalachian State University Purdue University
Auburn University Renmin University of China
Augustana College Roanoke College
Brigham Young University Idaho Sichuan University (China)
Bucknell University Southwestern University of Finance
Cairo University (Egypt) (China)
California University of Pennsylvania Syracuse University
Campbell University Tufts University
Carnegie Mellon University University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa
Cedar Crest College University of Connecticut
Clemson University University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign
College of William and Mary
University of Kerala (India)
College of Wooster
University of Miami
Delhi University (India)
University of Michigan Ann Arbor
Duke University
University of Mumbai (India)
East Carolina University
University of Navarra (Spain)
Elon University
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Fairmont State University
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
George Washington University
University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Hampshire College
University of Notre Dame
Harbin Institute of Technology (China)
University of Pennsylvania
High Point University
University of South Florida
Indiana University Bloomington
University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Ithaca College
University of Texas Austin
Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University
(Kyrgyzstan) University of the Andes (Colombia)
Lehigh University University of the West of England (U.K.)
Lynn University University of Virginia
Nanjing University (China) Virginia Polytechnic Institute
National University of Sciences (Pakistan) Western Kentucky University

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 UNDERGRADUATE MAJOR

Other
12% Mathematics
Statistics
27%
Engineering /
Science
27%

Economics / Finance
Business
34%

GRADE POINT AVERAGE (GPA) DISTRIBUTION

20

Median GPA

15
Frequency

10

0
2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0
GPA

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HIGHEST DEGREE ATTAINMENT
1%
Bachelors
Masters
JD
20%

79%

UNC SYSTEM GRADUATES

NC State
18%

Chapel Hill
Non-UNC 14%
56%

Other UNC
12%

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 RECENT TRENDS IN ACCEPTANCE RATE

AND ENROLLMENT RATE
100%

80%

60%
Acceptance Rate Enrollment Rate

40%

20%

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

MSA Class of…

COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN

• Argentina • Kyrgyzstan
• Brazil • Latvia
• China • Pakistan
• Colombia • Philippines
• Costa Rica • Poland
• El Salvador • Saudi Arabia
• Egypt • Singapore
• Germany • Spain
• India • United Kingdom
• Iran • U.S.A.

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 PRIOR WORK EXPERIENCE

None
3 or More Years 36%
45%

1-2 Years
19%

ADMISSIONS TIMETABLE

Applications open: June 1

1st round deadline for domestic candidates: December 1

1st round deadline for International candidates: December 15

2nd round for both domestic and international candidates: February 1

Final round application deadline: April 1

Program begins for Class of 2019: June 2018

Source URL: analytics.ncsu.edu/reports/admission/MSA2018.pdf

http://analytics.ncsu.edu

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