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2023 Best Value Business & Commerce Associate Degree Schools in North Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$21,489 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$30,646 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Business/Commerce Associate Degree School for You

General Business/Commerce is the #48 most popular major in North Carolina with 494 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Business & Commerce Associate Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in North Carolina to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for general business 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 General Business/Commerce Associate Degree Schools in North Carolina

Check out the general business associate degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best North Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Business & Commerce

Our 2023 rankings named Strayer University - North Carolina the best value school in North Carolina for general business/commerce students working on their associate degree. Located in the large city of Morrisville, Strayer University - North Carolina is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

Strayer University - North Carolina undergraduate students pay an average of $13,515 in in-state tuition and fees each year. On average, general business graduates from Strayer University - North Carolina take out $31,054 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

Strayer University - North Carolina did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Business & Commerce Associate Degree Schools in North Carolina list.

Full General Business/Commerce at Strayer University - North Carolina Report

#2

Montreat College

Montreat, NC

Out of the 2 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Montreat College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Montreat College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Montreat.

Montreat College undergraduate students pay an average of $29,462 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value General Business/Commerce Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value General Business/Commerce Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 2,025
Virginia 1,437
Florida 1,813
Tennessee 664
Kentucky 2,455
South Carolina 832
Louisiana 712
Arkansas 767
Alabama 302
Mississippi 607
West Virginia 883

General Business/Commerce is one of 21 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 416,590
Accounting 99,265
Finance & Financial Management 57,778
Marketing 52,916
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 43,382

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 U.S. Consulate General Munich.

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