Admission to the MS in Mathematical Finance program at UNC Charlotte is quite competitive. On this page we provide information about our student body: their typical academic backgrounds, their typical test scores, the percentage that are attending full time versus part time, and the percentage of domestic versus international students. 

Program Information

Size of program

The MS in Mathematical has 47 students enrolled in it as of the start of the fall, 2005 semester. Another 5 to 10 students are taking prerequisite classes under a "post-baccalaureate" status in order to meet prerequisites before entering the program.

Student Qualifications

For the Fall, 2005 semester we received 52 applications and offered admission to about 34 students for an acceptance rate of 65%. The typical accepted student had the following profile:

Undergraduate GPA: 3.34
GRE Quantitative Score: 740
GRE Verbal Score: 528

Most of our applications take the GRE. Of those students that we offered an acceptance that took the GMAT exam, their average score was 625.

Full Time vs. Part Time

Because of our proximity to the second largest banking center in the US, many of our students already have full-time positions with one of the banks. Approximately 60% of our students work full-time and attend the MS program part time, while 40% are full-time students (where full-time is defined as carrying 9 or more hours.)

International vs. Domestic Students

Approximately 80% of our current students are domestic students.