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2023 Best Value Area Studies Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$26,473 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$46,380 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Area Studies Master's Degree 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Area Studies Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in North Carolina to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for area studies students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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.

2023 Best Value Area Studies Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Area Studies Master's Degree Colleges.

Best North Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Area Studies

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

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNC Charlotte are $7,713 per year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a great value for area studies students working on their master’s degree. UNC Chapel Hill is a very large public school located in the small city of Chapel Hill.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNC Chapel Hill are $12,566 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UNC Chapel Hill is ranked #2 for overall quality for area studies in North Carolina.

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#3

Duke University

Durham, NC

Out of the 3 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Duke University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Duke is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Durham.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Duke are $59,141 per year.

Duke did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Area Studies Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list.

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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 averages are for the top 3 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 Karl Udo Gerth.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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