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2023 Best Value History Bachelor's Degree Schools in North Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

12 Colleges
$18,640 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$29,648 Avg Salary

Finding the Best History Bachelor's Degree School for You

With 1,063 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, history is the #25 most popular major in North Carolina.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 History Bachelor's Degree Schools in North Carolina to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 12 schools in North Carolina to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for history 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. 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 History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina

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

Top 10 Best History Bachelor's Degree Schools

Our analysis found University of North Carolina at Pembroke to be the best value school for history students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in North Carolina. Located in the town of Pembroke, UNC Pembroke is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

UNC Pembroke undergraduate students pay an average of $3,495 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Western Carolina University is a great value for history students working on their bachelor’s degree. WCU is a large public school located in the distant town of Cullowhee.

WCU undergraduate students pay an average of $4,367 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#3

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at East Carolina University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value history schools in North Carolina. Located in the city of Greenville, ECU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at ECU are $7,297 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, ECU is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of North Carolina at Charlotte is a great value for history students working on their bachelor’s degree. UNC Charlotte is a very large public school located in the city of Charlotte.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UNC Charlotte are $7,188 a year. While working on their Bachelor's Degree, history majors at UNC Charlotte accumulate an average of around $25,218 in student debt. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $289, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UNC Charlotte also is in the top 20% of our Best History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking.

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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value history schools in North Carolina. UNC Chapel Hill is a fairly large public school located in the city of Chapel Hill.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UNC Chapel Hill are $9,028 per year. History majors at UNC Chapel Hill take out an average of $15,887 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $353.

UNC Chapel Hill also made our Best History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list, coming in at #4.

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University of North Carolina at Wilmington did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for history students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the city of Wilmington, UNCW is a public school with a large student population.

UNCW undergraduate students pay an average of $7,238 in in-state tuition and fees each year. On average, history graduates from UNCW take out $24,461 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

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North Carolina State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking. NC State is a very large public school located in the city of Raleigh.

NC State undergraduate students pay an average of $9,131 in in-state tuition and fees each year. On average, history graduates from NC State take out $19,963 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, NC State is ranked #5 for overall quality for history in North Carolina.

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University of North Carolina at Greensboro landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree history programs. UNC Greensboro is a large public school located in the large city of Greensboro.

UNC Greensboro undergraduate students pay an average of $7,468 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that history majors at UNC Greensboro take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $22,449.

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University of North Carolina at Asheville landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree history programs. UNCA is a small public school located in the small city of Asheville.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UNCA are $7,319 per year. The average amount in student loans that history majors at UNCA take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $20,898.

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#10

Duke University

Durham, NC

Duke University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree history programs. Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Durham.

Duke undergraduate students pay an average of $60,244 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Duke also made our Best History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list, coming in at #1.

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Best Value History Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 679
Virginia 1,500
Florida 887
Tennessee 555
Kentucky 366
South Carolina 423
Louisiana 426
Arkansas 246
Alabama 505
Mississippi 232
West Virginia 539

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 12 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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