2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate 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 “Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina” ranking is part of that endeavor.

With 134,326 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, general psychology is the 4th most popular major in the United States. In 2017-2018, general psychology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $28,999 and had an average of $26,247 in loans still to pay off.

Across North Carolina, there were 3,639 general psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,436 and $27,292 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 62 general psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,103 and $114,434 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in general psychology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general psychology programs and 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 general psychology program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina

The colleges and universities below are the best for north carolina doctor’s degree psychology students.

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

#1

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$30,248 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$52,941 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill landed the #1 spot on the list. UNC Chapel Hill is a public institution located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 21 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UNC Chapel Hill not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are $30,248, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina

#3 in overall quality

$28,999 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$74,576 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina State University landed the #2 spot on the list. North Carolina State University is located in Raleigh, North Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 22 doctorate’s psychology degrees to qualified students.

NC State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at NC State are $28,999, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Greensboro, North Carolina

#4 in overall quality

$21,918 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Greensboro landed the #3 spot on the list. UNC Greensboro is located in Greensboro, North Carolina and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 doctorate’s psychology degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our north carolina doctor’s degree psychology students list, UNC Greensboro has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best General Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNC Greensboro are $21,918, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Psychology at University of North Carolina at Greensboro

#3

Duke University

Durham, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$59,140 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Duke University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina list. Durham, North Carolina is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s psychology degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

Duke also made our “Best General Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Duke are $59,140.

Read full report on General Psychology 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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