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2023 Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Schools in North Carolina

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$21,041 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$25,649 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Liberal Arts General Studies School for You

Liberal Arts General Studies is the #57 most popular major in North Carolina with 111 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Schools in North Carolina to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in North Carolina to see which ones offered the best value programs for liberal arts 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 Liberal Arts General Studies Schools in North Carolina

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Colleges.

Best North Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality in Liberal Arts General Studies

Our analysis found North Carolina State University to be the best value school for liberal arts general studies students who want to pursue a degree in North Carolina. Located in the large city of Raleigh, NC State is a public college 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 Liberal Arts General Studies Schools in North Carolina list.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of North Carolina at Greensboro is a great value for liberal arts general studies students. Located in the city of Greensboro, UNC Greensboro is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UNC Greensboro are $7,468 per year.

Full Liberal Arts General Studies at University of North Carolina at Greensboro Report

$7,319 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Asheville landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Asheville, UNCA is a public school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UNCA are $7,319 per year.

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#4

Duke University

Durham, NC
$60,244 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Duke University is a great value for liberal arts general studies students. Located in the large city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Duke are $60,244 a year.

Duke not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Liberal Arts General Studies Schools in North Carolina list.

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Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 21
Florida 51
Georgia 20
Tennessee 221
Kentucky 12
Louisiana 21
Alabama 40
South Carolina 13
Mississippi 8
Arkansas 24
West Virginia 26

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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