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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

8 Colleges
$15,247 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$38,715 Avg Salary

Finding the Best History Master'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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value History Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking. This report analyzed 8 schools in North Carolina to see which ones offered the best value master'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 Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina

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

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

#1

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

Our 2023 rankings named East Carolina University the best value school in North Carolina for history students working on their master’s degree. Located in the small city of Greenville, ECU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at ECU are $7,594 per year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of North Carolina at Wilmington is a great value for history students working on their master’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Wilmington, UNCW is a public college with a large student population.

UNCW graduate students pay an average of $7,514 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full History at University of North Carolina at Wilmington Report

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of North Carolina at Charlotte is a great value for history students working on their master’s degree. UNC Charlotte is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Charlotte.

UNC Charlotte graduate students pay an average of $7,713 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full History at University of North Carolina at Charlotte Report

The excellent master’s degree programs at North Carolina State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value history schools in North Carolina. NC State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Raleigh.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at NC State are $11,703 per year.

NC State also made our Best History Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list, coming in at #4.

Read full report on History at North Carolina State University

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value History Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. UNC Chapel Hill is a very large public school located in the small city of Chapel Hill.

UNC Chapel Hill graduate students pay an average of $12,566 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UNC Chapel Hill also took the #2 spot in our Best History Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina rankings.

Read full report on History at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

With a ranking of #6, University of North Carolina at Greensboro did quite well on this year’s best value schools for history students working on their master’s degree. UNC Greensboro is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Greensboro.

UNC Greensboro graduate students pay an average of $8,265 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full History at University of North Carolina at Greensboro Report

Western Carolina University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for history students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. WCU is a large public school located in the distant town of Cullowhee.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at WCU are $7,480 per year.

Full History at Western Carolina University Report

#8

Duke University

Durham, NC

Duke University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value History Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. Duke is a fairly 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 also made our Best History Master’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 Schools 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 8 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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