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2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Schools in North Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

32 Colleges
$20,798 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$44,749 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Business, Management & Marketing School for You

Business, Management & Marketing is the most popular major in North Carolina with 6,200 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Business, Management & Marketing 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 32 schools in North Carolina to see which ones offered the best value programs for business, management and marketing 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. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

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

2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Schools in North Carolina

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Colleges.

Top 10 Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools

Our analysis found University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to be the best value school for business, management and marketing students who want to pursue a degree in North Carolina. UNC Chapel Hill is a fairly large public school located in the city of Chapel Hill.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UNC Chapel Hill are $9,028 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UNC Chapel Hill is ranked #2 for overall quality for business, management and marketing in North Carolina.

Full Business, Management & Marketing at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Charlotte. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Schools in North Carolina list. UNC Charlotte is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Charlotte.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UNC Charlotte are $7,188 per year.

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#2

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Carolina University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the city of Greenville, ECU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

ECU undergraduate students pay an average of $7,297 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 32 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina State University landed the # 4 spot on the list. NC State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Raleigh.

NC State undergraduate students pay an average of $9,131 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

NC State also made our Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools in North Carolina list, coming in at #4.

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The excellent programs at Appalachian State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best business, management and marketing schools in North Carolina. Located in the distant town of Boone, Appalachian State is a public college with a very large student population.

Appalachian State undergraduate students pay an average of $7,410 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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University of North Carolina at Wilmington landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value business, management and marketing programs. Located in the medium-sized city of Wilmington, UNCW is a public school with a fairly large student population.

UNCW undergraduate students pay an average of $7,238 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#7

Fayetteville State University

Fayetteville, NC
$5,379 Average Tuition & Fees

Fayetteville State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for business, management and marketing students. It came in at #7 on the list. Fayetteville State University is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Fayetteville.

Fayetteville State University undergraduate students pay an average of $5,379 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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University of North Carolina at Greensboro did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for business, management and marketing students. It came in at #8 on the list. UNC Greensboro is a fairly large public school located in the city of Greensboro.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UNC Greensboro are $7,468 a year.

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With a ranking of #9, Western Carolina University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business, management and marketing students. WCU is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Cullowhee.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at WCU are $4,367 a year.

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With a ranking of #10, North Carolina A & T State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business, management and marketing students. NC A&T is a large public school located in the city of Greensboro.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NC A&T are $6,733 per year.

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Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Mississippi 1,604
Florida 10,641
Virginia 6,276
Tennessee 3,234
Georgia 4,603
South Carolina 2,077
Louisiana 4,370
West Virginia 1,895
Kentucky 2,845
Arkansas 731
Alabama 4,164

Business, Management & Marketing Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 131,555
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 31,701
Accounting 19,309
Human Resource Management 12,117
General Business/Commerce 9,137
Finance & Financial Management 5,784
Marketing 4,011
Management Information Systems 2,766
International Business 2,007
Entrepreneurial Studies 1,823
Taxation 1,350
Hospitality Management 1,341
Real Estate 1,280
Other Business, Management & Marketing 1,073
General Sales & Marketing 537
Construction Management 466
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing 180
Business/Managerial Economics 162
Insurance 143
Business/Corporate Communications 117
Telecommunications Management 23

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Amit Savargaonkar.

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