2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Chemistry 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 Chemistry Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Chemistry is the 44th most popular major in the country with 21,951 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, chemistry graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $38,704 and had an average of $22,279 in loans still to pay off.

Across North Carolina, there were 847 chemistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,183 and $20,565 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 67 chemistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,088 and $45,388 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in chemistry. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent chemistry programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the chemistry 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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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 Chemistry Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina

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

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Chemistry 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 Chemistry Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina list. Chapel Hill, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s chemistry degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

UNC Chapel Hill did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Chemistry 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.

Read full report on Chemistry at UNC Chapel Hill

#2

East Carolina University

Greenville, North Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$20,685 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Carolina University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina list. This large school is located in Greenville, North Carolina, and it awarded 7 masters’s chemistry degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ECU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Chemistry Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at East Carolina University are $20,685, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full ECU Chemistry Report

#3

University of North Carolina at Wilmington

Wilmington, North Carolina

#3 in overall quality

$21,286 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$57,657 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Wilmington landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Wilmington, North Carolina, this fairly large public school awarded 18 diplomas to qualified masters’s chemistry students in 2019-2020.

UNCW did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Chemistry Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNCW are $21,286, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Chemistry at UNCW

#4

Western Carolina University

Cullowhee, North Carolina

#5 in overall quality

$17,821 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$42,235 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Carolina University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina list. WCU is a fairly large school located in Cullowhee, North Carolina that handed out 9 masters’s chemistry degrees in 2019-2020.

WCU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Chemistry Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at WCU are $17,821.

Read more about Chemistry at Western Carolina University

#5

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Charlotte, North Carolina

#4 in overall quality

$21,055 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Charlotte. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina list. Located in Charlotte, North Carolina, this large public school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s chemistry students in 2019-2020.

UNC Charlotte not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Chemistry Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Carolina at Charlotte are $21,055, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Chemistry at UNC Charlotte

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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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