2022 Best Value Anthropology Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Anthropology Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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.

This year’s “Best Value Anthropology Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in anthropology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality anthropology programs that also have a lower cost than 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 anthropology program at the school. 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 $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Anthropology Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Anthropology (Income $48-$75k) 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 $48-$75k list. Located in Durham, North Carolina, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 3 degrees to qualified doctorate’s anthropology 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. Average graduate tuition and fees at Duke are $59,140, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Anthropology at Duke

#2

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$30,248 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Anthropology Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill landed the #2 spot on the list. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 doctorate’s anthropology degrees to qualified students.

UNC Chapel Hill 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 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are $30,248.

Read more about Anthropology at UNC Chapel Hill

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