2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce (Income $0-$30k) 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 General Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in North Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

General Business/Commerce is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 9th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 55,749 degrees were awarded to students with this major.

Across North Carolina, there were 443 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 322 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,192 and $24,368 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general business/commerce programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general business/commerce 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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Best Value General Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in North Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in North Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce (Income $0-$30k) in North Carolina

#1

Wake Forest University

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$5,250 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value General Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in North Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Wake Forest University landed the #1 spot on the list. Winston-Salem, North Carolina is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s general business degrees to 112 students in 2019-2020.

Wake Forest University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list. The yearly cost to attend Wake Forest University is $5,250 for North Carolina Bachelor’s Degree General Business students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 1.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#2

Strayer University - North Carolina

Morrisville, North Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$22,816 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value General Business Schools for a Bachelor’s in North Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Strayer University - North Carolina landed the #2 spot on the list. Strayer University - North Carolina is a private for-profit institution located in Morrisville, North Carolina. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 209 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Strayer University - North Carolina did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list. The estimated yearly cost for Strayer University - North Carolina is $22,816 for North Carolina Bachelor’s Degree General Business students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on General Business/Commerce at Strayer University - North Carolina

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce (Income $0-$30k)

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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