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2023 Best Value Physical Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in North Carolina

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$17,806 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$70,619 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Physical Sciences Doctor's Degree School for You

Physical Sciences is the #11 most popular major in North Carolina with 441 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Physical Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in North Carolina to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for physical sciences students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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 Physical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina

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

Best North Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Physical Sciences

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

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNC Charlotte are $7,713 per year.

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Out of the 4 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Raleigh, NC State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

NC State graduate students pay an average of $11,703 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

NC State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Physical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value physical sciences schools in North Carolina. Located in the city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public school 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 Physical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina rankings.

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#4

Wake Forest University

Winston-Salem, NC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wake Forest University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Physical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the midsize city of Winston-Salem, Wake Forest University is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

Wake Forest University graduate students pay an average of $39,240 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Wake Forest University also made our Best Physical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list, coming in at #3.

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Best Value Physical Sciences Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Mississippi 162
Florida 469
Virginia 241
Tennessee 161
Georgia 240
South Carolina 89
Louisiana 146
West Virginia 49
Kentucky 92
Arkansas 69
Alabama 123

Physical Sciences Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Chemistry 5,005
Physics 3,727
Geological & Earth Sciences 2,491
Materials Sciences 448
Astronomy & Astrophysics 371
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology 342
Other Physical Science 191
General Physical Sciences 107
Physics and Astronomy 23

Related Major Annual Graduates
Engineering 61,791
Computer & Information Sciences 60,971
Biological & Biomedical Sciences 28,851
Mathematics & Statistics 15,127
Engineering Technologies 7,672

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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to NASA.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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