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2023 Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools in North Carolina

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

10 Colleges
$15,428 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$37,596 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific 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 Schools in North Carolina ranking. Our analysis looked at 10 schools in North Carolina to see which programs offered the best value experiences for subject specific ed 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 Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools in North Carolina

Check out the subject specific ed programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools

#1

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

Our 2023 rankings named East Carolina University the best value school in North Carolina for teacher education subject specific students. ECU is a very large public school located in the city of Greenville.

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

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Out of the 10 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Appalachian State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Appalachian State is a very large public school located in the town of Boone.

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

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of North Carolina at Greensboro is a great value for teacher education subject specific students. Located in the large city of Greensboro, UNC Greensboro is a public school with a large student population.

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

Full Teacher Education Subject Specific at University of North Carolina at Greensboro Report

Out of the 10 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina State University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Raleigh, NC State is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NC State are $9,131 per year.

NC State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools in North Carolina list.

Full Teacher Education Subject Specific at North Carolina State University Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the large city of Charlotte, UNC Charlotte is a public school with a very large student population.

UNC Charlotte undergraduate students pay an average of $7,188 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$3,495 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #6, University of North Carolina at Pembroke did quite well on this year’s best value schools for teacher education subject specific students. UNC Pembroke is a medium-sized public school located in the distant town of Pembroke.

UNC Pembroke undergraduate students pay an average of $3,495 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 value schools for teacher education subject specific students. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the large city of Greensboro, NC A&T is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at NC A&T are $6,733 a year.

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#8

Lees - McRae College

Banner Elk, NC
$28,667 Average Tuition & Fees

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

Lees - McRae College undergraduate students pay an average of $28,667 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#9

Campbell University

Buies Creek, NC
$38,160 Average Tuition & Fees

Campbell University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for teacher education subject specific students. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the fringe town of Buies Creek, Campbell is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Campbell are $38,160 per year.

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$38,726 Average Tuition & Fees

Queens University of Charlotte came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools in North Carolina ranking. Queens is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Charlotte.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Queens are $38,726 a 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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