2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts (Income $75-$110k) in North Carolina

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Liberal Arts is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 2nd of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 365,980 degrees were awarded to students with this major.

Across North Carolina, there were 15,922 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 75 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,088 and $45,388 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in liberal arts. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent liberal arts 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 liberal arts 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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Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts (Income $75-$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 Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $75-$110k. This large school is located in Raleigh, North Carolina, and it awarded 17 masters’s liberal studies degrees in 2019-2020.

NC State also made our “Best Liberal Arts Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at North Carolina State University are $28,999, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

University of North Carolina at Asheville

Asheville, North Carolina

$24,358 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Asheville. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $75-$110k list. This small school is located in Asheville, North Carolina, and it awarded 4 masters’s liberal studies degrees in 2019-2020.

UNCA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Liberal Arts Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Carolina at Asheville are $24,358, 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

#2 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 #3 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $75-$110k list. Greensboro, North Carolina is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s liberal studies degrees to 28 students in 2019-2020.

UNC Greensboro also made our “Best Liberal Arts Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Carolina at Greensboro are $21,918, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Liberal Arts at University of North Carolina at Greensboro

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts (Income $75-$110k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts (Income $75-$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.

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