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2023 Best Value General Biology Doctor's Degree Schools in North Carolina

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$29,665 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$63,040 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Biology Doctor's Degree School for You

With 213 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, general biology is the #30 most popular major in North Carolina.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Value General Biology Doctor's Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 4 schools in North Carolina to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for biology students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value General Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for biology majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Best North Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in General Biology

Our 2023 rankings named University of North Carolina at Charlotte the best value school in North Carolina for general biology students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Charlotte, UNC Charlotte is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UNC Charlotte are $7,713 a year.

Full General Biology at University of North Carolina at Charlotte Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value General Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the small city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNC Chapel Hill are $12,566 per year.

UNC Chapel Hill did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best General Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list.

Full General Biology at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Report

#3

Wake Forest University

Winston-Salem, NC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wake Forest University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value General Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the city of Winston-Salem, Wake Forest University is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Wake Forest University are $39,240 per year.

Wake Forest University also took the #3 spot in our Best General Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina rankings.

Read full report on General Biology at Wake Forest University

#4

Duke University

Durham, NC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Duke University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value General Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Duke are $59,141 a year.

Duke also made our Best General Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list, coming in at #1.

Read full report on General Biology at Duke University

Best Value General Biology Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value General Biology Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 426
Florida 341
Georgia 262
Tennessee 127
Kentucky 94
Louisiana 153
Alabama 232
South Carolina 173
Mississippi 222
Arkansas 30
West Virginia 49

One of 14 majors within the area of study, general biology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 3,221
Physiology & Pathology Sciences 2,488
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics 2,290
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 1,964
Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) 1,922

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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