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2023 Best Value Philosophy Doctor's Degree Schools in North Carolina

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$35,854 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$96,764 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Philosophy Doctor's Degree School for You

Philosophy is the #93 most popular major in North Carolina with 47 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. 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 Philosophy Doctor'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 2 schools in North Carolina to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for philosophy 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 Philosophy Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina

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

Best North Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Philosophy

Our 2023 rankings named University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill the best value school in North Carolina for philosophy students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the small city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public college with a fairly 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 #4 spot in our Best Philosophy Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina rankings.

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

#2

Duke University

Durham, NC

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Duke University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value philosophy schools in North Carolina. Located in the large city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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

Duke also took the #1 spot in our Best Philosophy Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina rankings.

Full Philosophy at Duke University Report

Best Value Philosophy Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 17
Florida 30
Georgia 36
Tennessee 34
Kentucky 6
Louisiana 15
South Carolina 3
Mississippi 5
Arkansas 3

Philosophy is one of 3 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Philosophy

Related Major Annual Graduates
Religious Studies 1,769
Other Philosophy & Religious Studies 106
General Philosophy & Religious Studies 41

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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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