2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities (Income Over $110k) in North Carolina

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Vallue Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 3rd of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 559,661 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $26,786 and had an average of $16,538 in loans still to pay off.

Across North Carolina, there were 18,179 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $22,963 and $16,206 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 91 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,088 and $45,388 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Vallue Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making Over $110k” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in liberal arts / sciences and humanities. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent liberal arts / sciences and humanities programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the liberal arts / sciences and humanities program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Vallue Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities (Income Over $110k) in North Carolina

#1

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$28,999 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Carolina State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Vallue Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making Over $110k. Located in Raleigh, North Carolina, this large public school awarded 17 degrees to qualified masters’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NC State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at NC State are $28,999.

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#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 Vallue Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making Over $110k list. This fairly large school is located in Greensboro, North Carolina, and it awarded 28 masters’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNC Greensboro, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking. 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.

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#3

University of North Carolina at Asheville

Asheville, North Carolina

$24,358 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Carolina at Asheville. The school came in at #3 for the Best Vallue Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making Over $110k. Located in Asheville, North Carolina, this small public school handed out 4 degrees to qualified masters’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities students in 2019-2020.

UNCA also made our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list, coming in at #0. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UNCA are $24,358.

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#4

Duke University

Durham, North Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$59,140 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Vallue Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Duke University landed the #4 spot on the list. Durham, North Carolina is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees to 16 students in 2019-2020.

Duke also took the #2 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Duke University are $59,140.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities (Income Over $110k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities (Income Over $110k)

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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