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2023 Best Value General Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in North Carolina

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$26,772 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$35,282 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Education Bachelor's Degree School for You

General Education is the #85 most popular major in North Carolina with 255 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value General Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in North Carolina to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in North Carolina to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for education students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina

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

Best North Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in General Education

Our analysis found North Carolina State University to be the best value school for general education students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in North Carolina. Located in the city of Raleigh, NC State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at NC State are $9,131 a year.

NC State also made our Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list, coming in at #5.

Full General Education at North Carolina State University Report

#2

Belmont Abbey College

Belmont, NC

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Belmont Abbey College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general education schools in North Carolina. Located in the suburb of Belmont, BAC is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at BAC are $18,500 a year. The average amount in student loans that education majors at BAC take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $33,665.

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#3

Wingate University

Wingate, NC

Out of the 4 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Wingate University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Wingate, Wingate is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Wingate undergraduate students pay an average of $40,170 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#4

Salem College

Winston-Salem, NC

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Salem College is a great value for general education students working on their bachelor’s degree. Salem is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Winston-Salem.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Salem are $31,016 per year.

Full General Education at Salem College Report

Best Value General Education Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 117
Virginia 918
Florida 622
Tennessee 605
Kentucky 95
South Carolina 352
Louisiana 116
Arkansas 133
Alabama 115
Mississippi 407
West Virginia 301

General Education is one of 14 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Education

Related Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832

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 KOKUYO.

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