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2023 Best Value Psychology Schools in North Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

13 Colleges
$17,640 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$28,576 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Psychology 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Psychology Schools in North Carolina ranking. Our analysis looked at 13 schools in North Carolina to see which programs offered the best value experiences for psychology 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. 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 Schools in North Carolina

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Psychology Colleges.

Top 10 Best Psychology Schools

Our analysis found University of North Carolina at Wilmington to be the best value school for psychology students who want to pursue a degree in North Carolina. Located in the city of Wilmington, UNCW is a public school with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UNCW are $7,238 per year.

Full Psychology at University of North Carolina at Wilmington Report

The excellent programs at University of North Carolina at Charlotte helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best psychology schools in North Carolina. UNC Charlotte is a fairly large public school located in the city of Charlotte.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UNC Charlotte are $7,188 a year.

Full Psychology at University of North Carolina at Charlotte Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Appalachian State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Psychology Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the town of Boone, Appalachian State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Appalachian State undergraduate students pay an average of $7,410 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#4

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Carolina University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Psychology Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the small city of Greenville, ECU is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at ECU are $7,297 a year.

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#5

Fayetteville State University

Fayetteville, NC
$5,379 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Fayetteville State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best psychology schools in North Carolina. Fayetteville State University is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Fayetteville.

Fayetteville State University undergraduate students pay an average of $5,379 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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North Carolina Central University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for psychology students. It came in at #6 on the list. North Carolina Central University is a moderately-sized public school located in the large city of Durham.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at North Carolina Central University are $6,644 a year.

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North Carolina State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Psychology Schools in North Carolina ranking. NC State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Raleigh.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NC State are $9,131 per year.

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

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value psychology programs. UNC Chapel Hill is a very large public school located in the small city of Chapel Hill.

UNC Chapel Hill undergraduate students pay an average of $9,028 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UNC Chapel Hill also made our Best Psychology Schools in North Carolina list, coming in at #2.

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University of North Carolina at Greensboro did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for psychology students. It came in at #9 on the list. UNC Greensboro is a large public school located in the large city of Greensboro.

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

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#10

Western Carolina University

Cullowhee, NC

Western Carolina University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Psychology Schools in North Carolina ranking. WCU is a fairly large public school located in the town of Cullowhee.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WCU are $4,367 per year.

Full Psychology at Western Carolina University Report

Best Value Psychology Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Psychology Colleges 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 13 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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