2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in North Carolina

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in North Carolina” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 6,105 people earned their degree in general health and wellness, making the major the 141st most popular in the United States.

Across North Carolina, there were 11 general health and wellness graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 11 general health and wellness graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,368 and $25,940 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in North Carolina” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in general health and wellness. That schools that top this list have a program in general health and wellness in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in North Carolina

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

Top 3 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Health & Wellness in North Carolina

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Lees - McRae College
Banner Elk, North Carolina

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lees - McRae College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in North Carolina list. Lees - McRae College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Banner Elk, North Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Lees - McRae College General Health & Wellness Report

2

Lenoir - Rhyne University
Hickory, North Carolina

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 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in North Carolina. Lenoir - Rhyne University is located in Hickory, North Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s health and wellness degrees to qualified students.

Read full report on General Health & Wellness at Lenoir - Rhyne University

3

Saint Augustine's University
Raleigh, North Carolina

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Augustine’s University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Health and Wellness Major in North Carolina. SAU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Raleigh, North Carolina. It awarded 1 bachelors’s health and wellness degrees in 2020-2021.

Full SAU General Health & Wellness Report

• Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Health & Wellness in the Southeast Region
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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Sandra M. Palumbo.