2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Medicine in North Carolina

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Medicine is the 54th most popular major in the country with 27,562 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, medicine graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $54,795 and had an average of $169,628 in loans still to pay off.

Across North Carolina, there were 612 medicine graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,550 and $147,533 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 612 medicine graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,103 and $114,434 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in medicine. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great medicine programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the medicine program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina

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

Top 4 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Medicine in North Carolina

#1

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

#3 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 Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina list. UNC Chapel Hill is a large school located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina that handed out 170 doctorate’s medicine degrees in 2019-2020.

UNC Chapel Hill did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Medicine 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.

Read full report on Medicine at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

#2

East Carolina University

Greenville, North Carolina

#4 in overall quality

$20,685 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend East Carolina University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina. Greenville, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s medicine degrees to 74 students in 2019-2020.

ECU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at ECU are $20,685, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full ECU Medicine Report

#3

Wake Forest University

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$39,216 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wake Forest University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina. This medium-sized school is located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and it awarded 115 doctorate’s medicine degrees in 2019-2020.

Wake Forest University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Wake Forest University are $39,216, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Medicine at Wake Forest University

#4

Duke University

Durham, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$59,140 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$59,172 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Duke University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Medicine Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina. Duke is a private not-for-profit institution located in Durham, North Carolina. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 100 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Duke also made our “Best Medicine Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Duke University are $59,140, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Medicine at Duke 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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