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2023 Best Value Area Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$59,141 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Area Studies Graduate Certificate School for You

Area Studies is the #67 most popular major in North Carolina with 332 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Best Value Area Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Area Studies Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Area Studies Graduate Certificate School

#1

Duke University

Durham, NC

Our analysis found Duke University to be the best value school for area studies students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in North Carolina. Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Durham.

Duke graduate students pay an average of $59,141 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Duke is ranked #1 for overall quality for area studies in North Carolina.

Full Area Studies at Duke University Report

Best Value Area Studies Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 100
Virginia 177
Florida 110
Tennessee 43
Kentucky 49
South Carolina 84
Louisiana 26
Arkansas 14
Alabama 20
Mississippi 12
West Virginia 2

Area Studies is one of 2 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Ethnic Studies 9,231
Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies (Other) 46

Notes and References

*These values are for the top school 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 Karl Udo Gerth.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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