2022 Best Value Entrepreneurial Studies Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Entrepreneurial Studies Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 8,343 people earned their degree in entrepreneurship, making the major the 151st most popular in the United States.

Across North Carolina, there were 178 entrepreneurship graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 29 entrepreneurship graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,088 and $45,388 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Entrepreneurial Studies Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in entrepreneurship. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent entrepreneurship programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the entrepreneurship program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Entrepreneurial Studies Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Entrepreneurial Studies Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Entrepreneurship in North Carolina

#1

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Charlotte, North Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$21,055 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Entrepreneurial Studies Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina. Located in Charlotte, North Carolina, this large public school handed out 23 diplomas to qualified masters’s entrepreneurial studies students in 2019-2020.

UNC Charlotte did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Entrepreneurship Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Carolina at Charlotte are $21,055, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Entrepreneurship at University of North Carolina at Charlotte

#2

Lenoir - Rhyne University

Hickory, North Carolina

#3 in overall quality

$11,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lenoir - Rhyne University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Entrepreneurial Studies Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina. This small school is located in Hickory, North Carolina, and it awarded 3 masters’s entrepreneurial studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Lenoir - Rhyne University, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Entrepreneurship Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Lenoir - Rhyne University are $11,700, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Lenoir - Rhyne University Entrepreneurship Report

#3

Duke University

Durham, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$59,140 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Duke University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Entrepreneurial Studies Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina. Duke University is a fairly large school located in Durham, North Carolina that handed out 2 masters’s entrepreneurial studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Duke also took the #1 spot in our “Best Entrepreneurship Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Duke are $59,140, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Entrepreneurship at Duke 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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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