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2023 Best Value Physiology & Pathology Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in North Carolina

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$29,635 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$47,811 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Physiology & Pathology Sciences Doctor's Degree School for You

Physiology & Pathology Sciences is the #53 most popular major in North Carolina with 122 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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 Physiology & Pathology Sciences 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 physiology students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Physiology & Pathology Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina

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

Best North Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Physiology & Pathology Sciences

#1

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

Our 2023 rankings named East Carolina University the best value school in North Carolina for physiology and pathology sciences students working on their doctor’s degree. ECU is a very large public school located in the small city of Greenville.

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

Read full report on Physiology & Pathology Sciences at East Carolina University

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 Physiology & Pathology Sciences 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 Physiology & Pathology Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list.

Read full report on Physiology & Pathology Sciences at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

#3

Wake Forest University

Winston-Salem, NC

Out of the 4 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Wake Forest University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of Winston-Salem, Wake Forest University is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

Wake Forest University graduate students pay an average of $39,240 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Wake Forest University also took the #3 spot in our Best Physiology & Pathology Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina rankings.

Full Physiology & Pathology Sciences at Wake Forest University Report

#4

Duke University

Durham, NC

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Duke University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value physiology and pathology sciences schools in North Carolina. Located in the city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Duke graduate students pay an average of $59,141 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Duke also took the #1 spot in our Best Physiology & Pathology Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina rankings.

Full Physiology & Pathology Sciences at Duke University Report

Best Value Physiology & Pathology Sciences Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Physiology & Pathology Sciences Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 273
Florida 147
Georgia 6
Tennessee 6
Kentucky 43
Louisiana 38
Alabama 67
South Carolina 17
Mississippi 11
Arkansas 0
West Virginia 14

Physiology & Pathology Sciences is one of 14 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Physiology

Related Major Annual Graduates
General Biology 8,920
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 3,221
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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