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

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In 2019-2020, 1,596 people earned their degree in American U.S. studies, making the major the 309th most popular in the United States.

Across North Carolina, there were 22 American U.S. studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 2 American U.S. studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,088 and $45,388 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great American U.S. studies 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 American U.S. studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for American U.S. Studies 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

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value United States Studies Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina list. UNC Chapel Hill is a large school located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina that handed out 2 masters’s United States studies degrees in 2019-2020.

UNC Chapel Hill did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best American U.S. Studies Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNC Chapel Hill are $30,248, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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