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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$19,878 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$62,624 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, social sciences students earned 572 degrees and certificates from a North Carolina school, making the subject the 10th in the state.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Social Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in North Carolina to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for social sciences students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Social Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Social Sciences Doctor's Degree Colleges.

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

Our 2023 rankings named University of North Carolina at Charlotte the best value school in North Carolina for social sciences students working on their doctor’s degree. UNC Charlotte is a very large public school located in the city of Charlotte.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNC Charlotte are $7,713 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 #2 on this year’s Best Value Social Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. UNC Chapel Hill is a fairly large public school located in the city of Chapel Hill.

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 Social Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina rankings.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Social Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. NC State is a very large public school located in the large city of Raleigh.

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

NC State also took the #2 spot in our Best Social Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina rankings.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of North Carolina at Greensboro helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value social sciences schools in North Carolina. 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 Social Sciences at University of North Carolina at Greensboro Report

#5

Duke University

Durham, NC

Out of the 5 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Duke University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Durham.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Duke are $59,141 a year.

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

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Best Value Social Sciences Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Mississippi 65
Florida 594
Virginia 627
Tennessee 187
Georgia 456
South Carolina 80
Louisiana 163
West Virginia 86
Kentucky 150
Arkansas 47
Alabama 263

Social Sciences Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Economics 6,173
International Relations & National Security 5,010
Political Science & Government 2,664
Geography & Cartography 2,315
Sociology 1,907
Anthropology 1,446
Criminology 936
General Social Sciences 745
Other Social Sciences 532
Urban Studies 432
Archeology 66
Demography & Population Studies 66

Majors Similar to Social Sciences

Related Major Annual Graduates
Education 199,724
Psychology 42,013
Communication & Journalism 12,242
Library Science 5,929
History 4,391

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 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 AndrГ© KГјnzelmann.

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