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2023 Best Value History Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

8 Colleges
$15,247 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$38,715 Avg Salary

Finding the Best History Master's Degree School for You

History is the #25 most popular major in North Carolina with 135 degrees and certificates awarded 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 History Master's Degree 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 8 schools in North Carolina to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for history 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 History Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina

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

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

#1

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

Our analysis found East Carolina University to be the best value school for history students who want to pursue a master’s degree in North Carolina. Located in the small city of Greenville, ECU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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

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The excellent master’s degree programs at University of North Carolina at Wilmington helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value history schools in North Carolina. Located in the medium-sized city of Wilmington, UNCW is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UNCW are $7,514 a year.

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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 #3 on this year’s Best Value History Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. UNC Charlotte is a very large public school located in the large city of Charlotte.

UNC Charlotte graduate students pay an average of $7,713 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on History at University of North Carolina at Charlotte

The excellent master’s degree programs at North Carolina State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value history schools in North Carolina. NC State is a very large public school located in the city of Raleigh.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at NC State are $11,703 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, NC State is ranked #4 for overall quality for history in North Carolina.

Read full report on History at North Carolina State University

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a great value for history students working on their master’s degree. 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 graduate student at UNC Chapel Hill are $12,566 a 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 history in North Carolina.

Read full report on History at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

University of North Carolina at Greensboro did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for history students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 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 graduate student at UNC Greensboro are $8,265 a year.

Full History at University of North Carolina at Greensboro Report

Western Carolina University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value History Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. WCU is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Cullowhee.

WCU graduate students pay an average of $7,480 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on History at Western Carolina University

#8

Duke University

Durham, NC

Duke University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree history programs. Duke is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Durham.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Duke are $59,141 per year.

Duke also made our Best History Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list, coming in at #1.

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Best Value History Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value History Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Mississippi 24
Florida 90
Virginia 275
Tennessee 73
Georgia 60
South Carolina 39
Louisiana 78
West Virginia 249
Kentucky 39
Arkansas 25
Alabama 64

History Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
History 4,391

Related Major Annual Graduates
Education 199,724
Psychology 42,013
Social Sciences 22,292
Communication & Journalism 12,242
Library Science 5,929

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 Abraham Ortelius.

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