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2023 Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Bachelor's Degree Schools in North Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

10 Colleges
$7,325 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$32,881 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Bachelor's Degree School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, liberal arts / sciences and humanities was ranked 3rd in North Carolina. In fact, 18,234 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

The Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Bachelor's Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 10 schools in North Carolina to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for liberal arts / sciences and humanities students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Bachelor's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named North Carolina State University the best value school in North Carolina for liberal arts / sciences and humanities students working on their bachelor’s degree. NC State is a fairly 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.

NC State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Liberal Arts & Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list.

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#2

Fayetteville State University

Fayetteville, NC

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Fayetteville State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. Fayetteville State University is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Fayetteville.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Fayetteville State University are $5,379 per year.

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#3

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means East Carolina University is a great value for liberal arts / sciences and humanities students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the small city of Greenville, ECU is a public school 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 Liberal Arts & Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. 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.

UNC Chapel Hill not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Liberal Arts & Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list.

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#5

Winston - Salem State University

Winston-Salem, NC

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Winston - Salem State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value liberal arts / sciences and humanities schools in North Carolina. Located in the medium-sized city of Winston-Salem, WSSU is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at WSSU are $6,247 a year.

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University of North Carolina at Greensboro landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree liberal arts / sciences and humanities 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.

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North Carolina A & T State University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. NC A&T is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Greensboro.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NC A&T are $6,733 per year.

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University of North Carolina at Asheville did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for liberal arts / sciences and humanities students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. UNCA is a small public school located in the city of Asheville.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UNCA are $7,319 per year.

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#9

Belmont Abbey College

Belmont, NC

Belmont Abbey College ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. BAC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized suburb of Belmont.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at BAC are $18,500 per year.

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#10

Greensboro College

Greensboro, NC

Greensboro College landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree liberal arts / sciences and humanities programs. Greensboro College is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Greensboro.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Greensboro College are $18,960 per year.

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Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
West Virginia 3,558
South Carolina 4,243
Florida 64,444
Virginia 9,302
Arkansas 5,205
Mississippi 5,696
Louisiana 2,864
Alabama 5,890
Kentucky 6,493
Georgia 7,724
Tennessee 10,186

Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Liberal Arts General Studies 556,813

Related Major Annual Graduates
Visual & Performing Arts 149,215
English Language & Literature 54,635
Foreign Languages & Linguistics 33,333
Theology & Religious Vocations 27,459
Philosophy & Religious Studies 19,993

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 10 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 Jacques Sablet (Switzerland, Morges, 1749-1803).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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