2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Physiology in North Carolina

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Physiology Major in North Carolina” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 2,993 people earned their degree in general physiology, making the major the 229th most popular in the United States.

Across North Carolina, there were 95 general physiology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 general physiology graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,744 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Physiology Major in North Carolina” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general physiology. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general physiology.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Physiology Major in North Carolina

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Physiology Major in North Carolina”.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Physiology in North Carolina

1

Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

#3 overall quality in North Carolina

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wake Forest University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Physiology Major in North Carolina list. This medium-sized school is located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s general physiology degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full Wake Forest University General Physiology Report

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East Carolina University
Greenville, North Carolina

#6 overall quality in North Carolina

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Physiology Major in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, East Carolina University landed the #2 spot on the list. ECU is a large public school situated in Greenville, North Carolina. It awarded 3 doctorate’s general physiology degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on General Physiology at East Carolina University

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.