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2023 Best Value Curriculum & Instruction Schools in North Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

8 Colleges
$10,870 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$52,255 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Curriculum & Instruction School for You

With 182 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, curriculum and instruction is the #34 most popular major in North Carolina.

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Curriculum & Instruction Schools in North Carolina to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 8 schools in North Carolina to see which ones offered the best value programs for curriculum 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 Curriculum & Instruction Schools in North Carolina

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Curriculum & Instruction Colleges.

Best North Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality in Curriculum & Instruction

Our 2023 rankings named Appalachian State University the best value school in North Carolina for curriculum and instruction students. Located in the distant town of Boone, Appalachian State is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Appalachian State are $7,410 a year.

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#2

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend East Carolina University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Curriculum & Instruction Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the city of Greenville, ECU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at ECU are $7,297 a year.

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The excellent programs at University of North Carolina at Charlotte helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best curriculum and instruction schools in North Carolina. UNC Charlotte is a very large public school located in the large city of Charlotte.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UNC Charlotte are $7,188 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Greensboro. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Curriculum & Instruction Schools in North Carolina list. UNC Greensboro is a fairly large public school located in the city of Greensboro.

UNC Greensboro undergraduate students pay an average of $7,468 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent programs at University of North Carolina at Wilmington helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best curriculum and instruction schools in North Carolina. Located in the medium-sized city of Wilmington, UNCW is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UNCW are $7,238 a year.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for curriculum and instruction students. It came in at #6 on the list. UNC Chapel Hill is a very large public school located in the city of Chapel Hill.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UNC Chapel Hill are $9,028 a year.

UNC Chapel Hill also made our Best Curriculum & Instruction Schools in North Carolina list, coming in at #2.

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North Carolina State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for curriculum and instruction students. It came in at #7 on the list. NC State is a very 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 not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Curriculum & Instruction Schools in North Carolina list.

Full Curriculum & Instruction at North Carolina State University Report

#8

Gardner - Webb University

Boiling Springs, NC

Gardner - Webb University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value curriculum and instruction programs. Gardner - Webb is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Boiling Springs.

Gardner - Webb undergraduate students pay an average of $32,200 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Curriculum & Instruction Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Curriculum & Instruction Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 1,215
Florida 818
Georgia 892
Tennessee 546
Kentucky 297
Louisiana 425
Alabama 28
South Carolina 196
Mississippi 247
Arkansas 171
West Virginia 16

One of 14 majors within the area of study, curriculum and instruction has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Educational Administration 45,458
Teacher Education Grade Specific 34,451
Special Education 25,158
General Education 21,189
Teacher Education Subject Specific 20,616

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 8 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 Disarnot.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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