2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Area Studies (Income $48-$75k) 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 Area Studies Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Area Studies is the 106th most popular major in the country with 6,820 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, area studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $33,734 and had an average of $23,024 in loans still to pay off.

Across North Carolina, there were 352 area studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,400 and $14,750 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 32 area studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,088 and $45,388 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Area Studies Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in area studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent area studies 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 area studies program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The area studies 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 Area Studies Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $48-$75k”.

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Best Value Area Studies Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Area Studies Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Area Studies (Income $48-$75k) in North Carolina

#1

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

$30,248 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Area Studies Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $48-$75k. Chapel Hill, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s area studies degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

UNC Chapel Hill also took the #0 spot in our “Best Area Studies Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are $30,248, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Area Studies at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

#2

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Charlotte, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$21,055 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Area Studies Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Charlotte landed the #2 spot on the list. University of North Carolina at Charlotte is a large public school situated in Charlotte, North Carolina. It awarded 3 masters’s area studies degrees in 2019-2020.

UNC Charlotte also took the #1 spot in our “Best Area Studies Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Carolina at Charlotte are $21,055, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Area Studies at University of North Carolina at Charlotte

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Area Studies (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Area Studies (Income $48-$75k)

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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