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2023 Best Value Religious Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in North Carolina

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$35,854 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$57,640 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Religious Studies Doctor's Degree School for You

With 178 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, religious studies is the #36 most popular major in North Carolina.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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.

The Best Value Religious Studies 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 religion 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. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Religious Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina

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

Best North Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Religious Studies

Our analysis found University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to be the best value school for religious studies students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in North Carolina. Located in the city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UNC Chapel Hill are $12,566 a year.

UNC Chapel Hill not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Religious Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list.

Full Religious Studies at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Report

#2

Duke University

Durham, NC

Out of the 2 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Duke University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the 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 graduate student at Duke are $59,141 a year.

Duke also made our Best Religious Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list, coming in at #1.

Read full report on Religious Studies at Duke University

Best Value Religious Studies Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 42
Florida 36
Georgia 34
Tennessee 28
Kentucky 0
Louisiana 0
Alabama 38
South Carolina 8
Mississippi 9

One of 3 majors within the area of study, religious studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Philosophy 1,220
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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Sowlos.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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