North Carolina General Statutes 116-209.16A. Information on career and major options
(a) Know Before You Go. – The Authority shall provide information on a Web site, under a section entitled “Know Before You Go,” to students and parents to assist in selection of major and career options as provided in this section. The information shall be updated annually.
(b) Career Options. – The Authority shall, as data is available, provide information on projected employment needs in the labor economy and associated salary ranges for those areas of employment, college majors which may fulfill those needs, and institutions of higher education that may provide those majors. The Authority may use existing sources of public information, such as the employment projections produced by the federal Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, to develop this information.
(c) Major Options. – The Authority shall, as data is available, provide information based on aggregate data for outcomes of public and private institutions of higher education in North Carolina. Outcome information for each public and private institution of higher education shall include, but is not limited to, the following:
(1) Completion rates within the expected number of semesters for the degree sought.
(2) Transfer rates of students to other institutions.
(3) Percentage of students receiving financial aid, by type of aid.
(4) Average and median amount of loan debt upon student graduation, by major.
(5) Average and median salary, by major.
(6) Percentage of graduates employed within six months of graduation, by major.
(7) Percentage of graduates enrolled in graduate school within six months of graduation, by major.
(d) Public and Private Institutions of Higher Education. – For the purposes of this section, “public institutions of higher education” shall include the constituent institutions of The University of North Carolina and the community colleges under the jurisdiction of the State Board of Community Colleges and “private institutions of higher education” shall include postsecondary institutions that award postsecondary degrees, as defined in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 116-15(a2)(1). ?(2016-57, s. 1.)
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 116-209.16A
- Authority: means the State Education Assistance Authority created by this Article or, if the Authority is abolished, the board, body, commission or agency succeeding to its principal functions, or on whom the powers given by this Article to the Authority shall be conferred by law;
(3) "Bond resolution" or "resolution" when used in relation to the issuance of bonds is deemed to mean either any resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds or any trust agreement or other instrument securing any bonds;
(4) "Bonds" or "revenue bonds" means the obligations authorized to be issued by the Authority under this Article, which may consist of revenue bonds, revenue refunding bonds, bond anticipation notes and other notes and obligations, evidencing the Authority's obligation to repay borrowed money from revenues, funds and other money pledged or made available therefor by the Authority under this Article;
(5) "Eligible institution" with respect to student loans, has the same meaning as the term has in Section 1085 of Title 20 of the United States Code;
(6) "Eligible institution" with respect to grants and work-study programs, includes the constituent institutions of The University of North Carolina, all state-supported institutions organized and administered pursuant to Chapter 115A of the N. See North Carolina General Statutes 116-201
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3