2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Insurance in North Carolina

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in North Carolina” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Insurance is the 206th most popular major in the country with 1,811 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, insurance graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $57,694 and had an average of $23,336 in loans still to pay off.

Across North Carolina, there were 78 insurance graduates with average earnings and debt of $49,300 and $19,930 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 78 insurance graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,192 and $24,368 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great insurance programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

The insurance school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in North Carolina”.

One of our other unique offerings is College Combat. This tool lets you build your own customized comparisons utilizing the factors that are most important to you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.

Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in North Carolina

The colleges and universities below are the best for north carolina bachelor’s degree insurance students.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Insurance in North Carolina

#1

Appalachian State University

Boone, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$13,920 Average Net Price

$52,107 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Insurance Schools for a Bachelor’s in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Appalachian State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Appalachian State is a large school located in Boone, North Carolina that handed out 78 bachelors’s insurance degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Appalachian State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Insurance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Appalachian State University is $13,920 for North Carolina Bachelor’s Degree Insurance students.

The low student loan default rate of 3.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Insurance at Appalachian State 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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