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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

13 Colleges
$14,919 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$38,743 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Biology Master'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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value General Biology Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 13 schools in North Carolina to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for biology students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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 Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina

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

Top 10 Best General Biology Master's Degree Schools

#1

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

Our 2023 rankings named East Carolina University the best value school in North Carolina for general biology students working on their master’s degree. ECU is a very large public school located in the city of Greenville.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at ECU are $7,594 a year.

Full General Biology at East Carolina University Report

#2

Elizabeth City State University

Elizabeth City, NC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Elizabeth City State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value General Biology Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the town of Elizabeth City, ECSU is a public school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at ECSU are $5,701 per year.

Full General Biology at Elizabeth City State University Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Appalachian State University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value General Biology Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. Appalachian State is a fairly large public school located in the town of Boone.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Appalachian State are $8,007 per year.

Full General Biology at Appalachian State University Report

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of North Carolina at Greensboro is a great value for general biology students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Greensboro, UNC Greensboro is a public school with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNC Greensboro are $8,265 per year.

Full General Biology at University of North Carolina at Greensboro Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Charlotte. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value General Biology Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the large city of Charlotte, UNC Charlotte is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNC Charlotte are $7,713 per year.

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University of North Carolina at Wilmington did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general biology students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. UNCW is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Wilmington.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNCW are $7,514 per year.

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North Carolina Central University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value General Biology Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the city of Durham, North Carolina Central University is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at North Carolina Central University are $7,641 a year.

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Western Carolina University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Biology Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking. Located in the distant town of Cullowhee, WCU is a public college with a large student population.

WCU graduate students pay an average of $7,480 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full General Biology at Western Carolina University Report

North Carolina A & T State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Biology Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking. Located in the city of Greensboro, NC A&T is a public college with a large student population.

NC A&T graduate students pay an average of $7,938 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full General Biology at North Carolina A & T State University Report

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Biology Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking. Located in the city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public college with a very large student population.

UNC Chapel Hill graduate students pay an average of $12,566 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UNC Chapel Hill not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best General Biology Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list.

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

Best Value General Biology Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value General Biology Schools 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 13 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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