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2023 Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

10 Colleges
$9,706 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$49,260 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master's Degree School for You

With 282 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, teacher education subject specific is the #22 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking. This report analyzed 10 schools in North Carolina to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for subject specific ed 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 Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina

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

Top 10 Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Master's Degree Schools

#1

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

Our analysis found East Carolina University to be the best value school for teacher education subject specific students who want to pursue a master’s degree in North Carolina. ECU is a very large public school located in the small city of Greenville.

ECU graduate students pay an average of $7,594 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Greensboro. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the large city of Greensboro, UNC Greensboro is a public school with a fairly large student population.

UNC Greensboro graduate students pay an average of $8,265 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Appalachian State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. Appalachian State is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Boone.

Appalachian State graduate students pay an average of $8,007 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means North Carolina State University is a great value for teacher education subject specific students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Raleigh, NC State is a public school with a very large student population.

NC State graduate students pay an average of $11,703 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 Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at University of North Carolina at Charlotte helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teacher education subject specific schools in North Carolina. Located in the city of Charlotte, UNC Charlotte is a public school with a very 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 Pembroke ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. UNC Pembroke is a medium-sized public school located in the distant town of Pembroke.

UNC Pembroke graduate students pay an average of $6,775 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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North Carolina A & T State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teacher education subject specific students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the large city of Greensboro, NC A&T is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at NC A&T are $7,938 a year.

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#8

Lees - McRae College

Banner Elk, NC

Lees - McRae College landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree teacher education subject specific programs. Located in the rural area of Banner Elk, Lees - McRae College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Lees - McRae College graduate students pay an average of $9,750 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#9

Campbell University

Buies Creek, NC

Campbell University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking. Located in the town of Buies Creek, Campbell is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Campbell are $15,152 per year.

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With a ranking of #10, Queens University of Charlotte did quite well on this year’s best value schools for teacher education subject specific students working on their master’s degree. Queens is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Charlotte.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Queens are $14,166 per year.

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Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 380
Florida 540
Georgia 733
Tennessee 236
Kentucky 455
Louisiana 89
Alabama 284
South Carolina 319
Mississippi 169
Arkansas 444
West Virginia 224

Teacher Education Subject Specific is one of 14 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Educational Administration 45,458
Teacher Education Grade Specific 34,451
Special Education 25,158
General Education 21,189
Curriculum & Instruction 19,784

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 10 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 Aparajita Datta.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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