2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Anthropology (Income $30-$48k) in North Carolina

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Anthropology Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Anthropology is the 77th most popular major in the country with 12,008 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, anthropology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $24,661 and had an average of $23,289 in loans still to pay off.

Across North Carolina, there were 405 anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,486 and $22,019 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 anthropology graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,103 and $114,434 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Anthropology Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in anthropology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great anthropology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the anthropology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Anthropology Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Anthropology Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Anthropology (Income $30-$48k) in North Carolina

#1

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 #1 on our 2022 Best Value Anthropology Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina For Those Making $30-$48k 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 anthropology degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

Duke did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Anthropology Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Duke are $59,140.

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#2

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 #2 on our 2022 Best Value Anthropology Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina For Those Making $30-$48k list. Chapel Hill, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s anthropology degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNC Chapel Hill, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Anthropology Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNC Chapel Hill are $30,248, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Anthropology (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Anthropology (Income $30-$48k)

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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