2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Philosophy in North Carolina (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Philosophy Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 10,015 people earned their degree in philosophy, making the major the 81st most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, philosophy graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $29,067 and had an average of $22,199 in loans still to pay off.

Across North Carolina, there were 299 philosophy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $21,052 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 25 philosophy graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,103 and $114,434 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Philosophy Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in philosophy. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent philosophy programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the philosophy program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Philosophy Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Philosophy Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Philosophy in North Carolina (With Aid)

#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 Philosophy Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid list. Chapel Hill, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s philosophy degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

UNC Chapel Hill also took the #1 spot in our “Best Philosophy Doctor’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.

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#2

Duke University

Durham, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$59,140 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Duke University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Philosophy Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid. Duke is a private not-for-profit institution located in Durham, North Carolina. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Duke did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Philosophy Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Duke University are $59,140, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Philosophy in the Southeast Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Philosophy (With Aid)

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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