2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for English 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 English Language Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

English is the 15th most popular major in the country with 41,945 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across North Carolina, there were 1,232 English graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 31 English graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,103 and $114,434 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value English Language Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in English. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality English programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the English program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value English Language Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value English Language Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for English in North Carolina

#1

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$30,248 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value English Language Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill landed the #1 spot on the list. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a large school located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina that handed out 19 doctorate’s English language degrees in 2019-2020.

UNC Chapel Hill did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best English Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNC Chapel Hill are $30,248, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UNC Chapel Hill English Report

#2

Duke University

Durham, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$59,140 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value English Language Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Duke University landed the #2 spot on the list. Duke is a fairly large school located in Durham, North Carolina that handed out 9 doctorate’s English language degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Duke, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best English Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Duke University are $59,140, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Duke English Report

#2

University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Greensboro, North Carolina

#3 in overall quality

$21,918 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Greensboro. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value English Language Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina list. Greensboro, North Carolina is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s English language degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

UNC Greensboro did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best English Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Carolina at Greensboro are $21,918, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on English at UNC Greensboro

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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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