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2023 Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Schools in North Carolina

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$25,614 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$25,649 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities School for You

In 2020-2021, 111 degrees and certificates were awarded to liberal arts / sciences and humanities students who went to a North Carolina college or university. This makes it the #27 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're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Schools in North Carolina ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in North Carolina to see which programs offered the best value experiences for liberal arts / sciences and humanities students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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 / Sciences & Humanities Schools in North Carolina

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Colleges.

Best North Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality in Liberal Arts & Humanities

Our analysis found North Carolina State University to be the best value school for liberal arts / sciences and humanities students who want to pursue a degree in North Carolina. Located in the large city of Raleigh, NC State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

NC State undergraduate students pay an average of $9,131 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 Liberal Arts & Humanities Schools in North Carolina list.

Full Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities at North Carolina State University Report

The excellent programs at University of North Carolina at Greensboro helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best liberal arts / sciences and humanities schools in North Carolina. Located in the city of Greensboro, UNC Greensboro is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UNC Greensboro are $7,468 a year.

Read full report on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities at University of North Carolina at Greensboro

#3

Duke University

Durham, NC
$60,244 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Duke University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best liberal arts / sciences and humanities schools in North Carolina. Located in the large city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Duke are $60,244 per year.

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

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Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

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

Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Liberal Arts General Studies 2,680

Related Major Annual Graduates
Visual & Performing Arts 18,379
Theology & Religious Vocations 17,287
English Language & Literature 9,566
Foreign Languages & Linguistics 4,163
Philosophy & Religious Studies 3,136

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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 Jacques Sablet (Switzerland, Morges, 1749-1803).

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