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Indian Trail, North Carolina has 5 accredited schools offering finance programs, with tuition ranging from $34,760 to $47,091 per year for indexed programs. Indian Trail has a population of about 41,146. Median household income is $99,073 (Census ACS 2023, 5-year). About 41.1% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree or higher. In the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area, the top-earning finance-related role is Financial Manager at a median $172,760 annually (BLS OEWS, May 2025).
The accredited institutions listed below are the closest in our directory that offer finance programs near Indian Trail, ranked by BOC Score and straight-line distance from Indian Trail city center. The list is rebuilt from federal IPEDS data on every site update.
Every school list on this site is ordered by the BOC Score, computed from the most recent school-level data published by the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and IPEDS). To qualify, a school must be currently operating and accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Each eligible school is then scored on five measures, percentile-ranked against schools at the same credential level:
Schools without enough outcome data appear after ranked schools, without a score. On this page, schools are ordered by distance from Indian Trail. Advertising never affects these rankings. Read the full methodology.
Source:IPEDSCollege Scorecard
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Source:Accreditor: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on CollegesIPEDSCollege Scorecard
Source:Accreditor: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on CollegesIPEDSCollege Scorecard
Source:Accreditor: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on CollegesIPEDSCollege Scorecard
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Source: IPEDS / College Scorecard (2023 cohort). Browse all North Carolina schools on the North Carolina finance page.
Indian Trail is part of the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area (BLS area code 16740). Where MSA-level wages are published, the table below shows MSA medians; otherwise it falls back to North Carolina statewide.
| Occupation | Median Wage | Source | COL-Adjusted (US=100) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal Financial Advisor | $99,440 | Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | $102,199 |
| Financial and Investment Analyst | $106,510 | Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | $109,466 |
| Loan Officer | $78,200 | Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | $80,370 |
| Financial Manager | $172,760 | Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | $177,554 |
Source: BLS, May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes wage data at the metro (MSA) and state level – not by individual city.
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 41,146 | Census ACS 2023 5-yr (B01003) |
| Median household income | $99,073 | Census ACS 2023 5-yr (B19013) |
| Adults 25+ with bachelor’s+ | 41.1% | Census ACS 2023 5-yr (B15003) |
| Regional Price Parity (US=100) | 97.3 (below U.S. average) | BEA RPP 2024 |
Our directory has 5 accredited schools offering finance programs near Indian Trail. The closest is Wingate University in Wingate, NC (12.9 miles), and the farthest of the schools shown is Gardner-Webb University (58.8 miles). 5 of the highlighted schools are flagged as offering distance education.
Based on BLS OEWS May 2025 wage data, the top-paying finance-related roles near Indian Trail are: Financial Manager ($172,760), Financial and Investment Analyst ($106,510), Personal Financial Advisor ($99,440). These reflect MSA-level medians where published, with North Carolina statewide fallback for occupations not reported at the metro level.
Matthews, NC is 5.0 miles from Indian Trail and has its own set of local finance programs – see the city’s page. For online programs, distance matters less; for hybrid or in-person formats, comparing both can help.
Indian Trail’s median household income of $99,073 (Census ACS 2023) is one input. Online programs let students stay in Indian Trail while attending lower-cost out-of-state schools, and North Carolina public universities often offer reduced in-state online tuition.
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Compare every accredited online degree program with city-level data for Indian Trail:
Data verified: July 30, 2026. Salary, employment, and tuition figures on this page are sourced from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS May 2025; Employment Projections 2024–2034) and the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (2023 cohort). The source agency and data year are cited inline with every statistic.
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