2023 Best Value Health Professions Schools in North Carolina

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Health Professions Schools in North Carolina” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Other Health Professions is the 102nd most popular major in the country with 7,984 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, other health professions graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $45,061 and had an average of $24,616 in loans still to pay off.

Across North Carolina, there were 100 other health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,853 and $20,673 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Health Professions Schools in North Carolina” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in other health professions. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great other health professions programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

The health professions school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Health Professions Schools in North Carolina”.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Health Professions Schools in North Carolina

The colleges and universities below are the best for north carolina health professions students.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Other Health Professions in North Carolina

1

University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Wilmington, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$19,136 Average Net Price

$37,326 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Health Professions Schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Wilmington landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Wilmington, North Carolina, and it awarded 83 ’s health professions degrees in 2020-2021.

UNCW not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Other Health Professions Schools in North Carolina” list. It costs about $19,136 for North Carolina Health Professions students per year to attend UNCW.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University of North Carolina at Wilmington Other Health Professions Report

2

Campbell University
Buies Creek, North Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$26,169 Average Net Price

$48,312 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Campbell University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Health Professions Schools in North Carolina list. This medium-sized school is located in Buies Creek, North Carolina, and it awarded 17 ’s health professions degrees in 2020-2021.

Campbell also took the #2 spot in our “Best Other Health Professions Schools in North Carolina” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Campbell is $26,169 for North Carolina Health Professions students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Other Health Professions at Campbell 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.

Credits

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