MSA alumni

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN ANALYTICS – ALUMNI PROFILE (2008 – 2023)
Number of graduates (97% graduation rate):
 1,314
Percent employed in the profession:
 96%
Number of employers:
 477
Percent employed in the U.S.:
 97%
Percent employed in North Carolina:
 50%
Average / median age:
 33 / 33
Percent who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents:
 86%
Percent who are women:
 40%
Employed at graduation:
 93%
Average Starting Salary (real dollars):
 $114,787
Average Annual Salary in 2023 (estimate based on survey):
 $173,530
Promoted since graduation (within 3 years on the job):
 47%
Average time to first job promotion (months):
 28
Estimated total annual alumni payroll in 2019 (in millions):
 $142.9
Note: Updated December 31, 2023. The MSA Alumni Report is updated annually in December.

Jonathan, Jennifer, Jeremiah, Viola and Mirna, MSA Class of 2016

TOP-40 EMPLOYERS – MSA ALUMNI 2008-2023
Accenture
Ally
Amazon
Ankura
Apple
Bain & Company
Bank of America
Capital One
Cigna/Evernorth
Cisco
Credit Karma
Databricks
Dataiku
Deloitte
Elder Research
Elevate Credit
EY
Fidelity Investments
Fifth Third Bank
Google		 Guidehouse
JPMorgan Chase
LendingTree
Lowe’s Companies
M&T Bank
Meta
Microsoft
NC Joint Underwriters Assoc.
Pendo
PenFed Credit Union
Red Hat
RTI International
SAS
The Home Depot
The Walt Disney Company
Truist
US Defense Department
US Federal Government
Verizon
Wells Fargo

Alumni-in-Action: Interviews with recent graduates

Learn more about what they’re doing now, in the alumni interviews section of DataColumn, the student blog.

Alumni Interviews

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Alumni Report

The Alumni Report is published each year in December, since 2017, the tenth anniversary of the MSA program.

Class Year Student Directory

Nathan, Amy, Michael, Charlotte, and Andrew, MSA Class of 2019