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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

7 Colleges
$16,357 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$62,738 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Psychology Doctor's Degree School for You

With 318 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, psychology is the #16 most popular major in North Carolina.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking. This report analyzed 7 schools in North Carolina to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for psychology 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. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina

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

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

Our analysis found University of North Carolina at Charlotte to be the best value school for psychology students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in North Carolina. UNC Charlotte is a fairly large public school located in the city of Charlotte.

UNC Charlotte graduate students pay an average of $7,713 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Wilmington. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the city of Wilmington, UNCW is a public college with a large student population.

UNCW graduate students pay an average of $7,514 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend North Carolina State University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. NC State is a very large public school located in the city of Raleigh.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at NC State are $11,703 a year.

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

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#3

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Carolina University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the city of Greenville, ECU is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at ECU are $7,594 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. UNC Chapel Hill is a fairly large public school located in the city of Chapel Hill.

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

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UNC Chapel Hill is ranked #4 for overall quality for psychology in North Carolina.

Full Psychology at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Report

University of North Carolina at Greensboro landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree psychology programs. UNC Greensboro is a fairly large public school located in the city of Greensboro.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNC Greensboro are $8,265 per year.

Full Psychology at University of North Carolina at Greensboro Report

#7

Duke University

Durham, NC

Duke University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Durham.

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

Duke not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list.

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Best Value Psychology Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Mississippi 134
Florida 2,049
Virginia 1,767
Tennessee 424
Georgia 495
South Carolina 169
Louisiana 249
West Virginia 195
Kentucky 819
Arkansas 47
Alabama 355

Psychology Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 29,224
General Psychology 8,051
Child Development & Psychology 2,576
Other Psychology 2,162

Related Major Annual Graduates
Education 199,724
Social Sciences 22,292
Communication & Journalism 12,242
Library Science 5,929
History 4,391

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 7 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 Nevit Dilmen.

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