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2023 Best Value Public Health Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

9 Colleges
$20,480 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$51,865 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Public Health Master's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 564 degrees and certificates were awarded to public health students who went to a North Carolina college or university. This makes it the #14 most popular major in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Public Health Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 9 schools in North Carolina to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for public health students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina

Check out the public health master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best North Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Public Health

#1

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

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

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

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Out of the 9 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public college with a very large student population.

UNC Chapel Hill graduate students pay an average of $12,566 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UNC Chapel Hill also took the #2 spot in our Best Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina rankings.

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Out of the 9 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Charlotte landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Charlotte, UNC Charlotte is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UNC Charlotte are $7,713 a year.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at University of North Carolina at Greensboro helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value public health schools in North Carolina. Located in the city of Greensboro, UNC Greensboro is a public school with a 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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#5

Campbell University

Buies Creek, NC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Campbell University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the town of Buies Creek, Campbell is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

Campbell graduate students pay an average of $15,152 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Lenoir - Rhyne University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for public health students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Lenoir - Rhyne University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Hickory.

Lenoir - Rhyne University graduate students pay an average of $12,060 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #7, Queens University of Charlotte did quite well on this year’s best value schools for public health students working on their master’s degree. Queens is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Charlotte.

Queens graduate students pay an average of $14,166 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#8

Wake Forest University

Winston-Salem, NC

Wake Forest University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking. Located in the medium-sized city of Winston-Salem, Wake Forest University is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Wake Forest University are $39,240 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Wake Forest University is ranked #3 for overall quality for public health in North Carolina.

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#9

Duke University

Durham, NC

Duke University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for public health students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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

Duke not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list.

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Best Value Public Health Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Public Health Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 690
Florida 851
Georgia 898
Tennessee 242
Kentucky 128
Louisiana 208
Alabama 387
South Carolina 81
Mississippi 96
Arkansas 59
West Virginia 106

One of 29 majors within the area of study, public health has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 66,964
Medicine 28,629
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 24,774
Health & Medical Administrative Services 17,335
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 16,952

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 9 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 Article 25 Flickr.

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