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

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina” ranking - to help you make that decision.

General Education is the 35th most popular major in the country with 29,936 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $47,138 and had an average of $29,674 in loans still to pay off.

Across North Carolina, there were 274 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,575 and $29,518 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 135 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,088 and $45,388 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in general education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general education programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general education program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina

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

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

#1

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$30,248 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$46,538 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina. UNC Chapel Hill is a public institution located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 20 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UNC Chapel Hill also made our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UNC Chapel Hill are $30,248.

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#2

University of North Carolina at Wilmington

Wilmington, North Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$21,286 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$42,682 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Carolina at Wilmington. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina. University of North Carolina at Wilmington is a fairly large public school situated in Wilmington, North Carolina. It awarded 65 masters’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

UNCW also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNCW are $21,286, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

Western Carolina University

Cullowhee, North Carolina

#3 in overall quality

$17,821 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$40,598 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Carolina University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina. Located in Cullowhee, North Carolina, this fairly large public school handed out 48 diplomas to qualified masters’s education students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at WCU, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at WCU are $17,821, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on General Education at Western 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

• *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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