2023 Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Bachelor's Degree Schools in North Carolina
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
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.
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 very large public school located in the large 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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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Fayetteville State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value liberal arts / sciences and humanities schools in North Carolina. Fayetteville State University is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Fayetteville.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Fayetteville State University are $5,379 a year.
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Out of the 10 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, East Carolina University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Greenville, ECU is a public college with a fairly large student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at ECU are $7,297 per 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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Out of the 10 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill landed the # 4 spot on the list. UNC Chapel Hill is a very 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 also made our Best Liberal Arts & Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list, coming in at #4.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Winston - Salem State University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the medium-sized city of Winston-Salem, WSSU is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
WSSU undergraduate students pay an average of $6,247 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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With a ranking of #6, University of North Carolina at Greensboro did quite well on this year’s best value schools for liberal arts / sciences and humanities students working on their bachelor’s degree. UNC Greensboro is a fairly large public school located in the 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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With a ranking of #7, North Carolina A & T State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for liberal arts / sciences and humanities students working on their bachelor’s degree. NC A&T is a large public school located in the large city of Greensboro.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at NC A&T are $6,733 a year.
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With a ranking of #8, University of North Carolina at Asheville did quite well on this year’s best value schools for liberal arts / sciences and humanities students working on their bachelor’s degree. 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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Belmont Abbey College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking. BAC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Belmont.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at BAC are $18,500 a year.
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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 large city of Greensboro.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Greensboro College are $18,960 per year.
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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West Virginia | 3,558 |
Mississippi | 5,696 |
South Carolina | 4,243 |
Florida | 64,444 |
Virginia | 9,302 |
Arkansas | 5,205 |
Alabama | 5,890 |
Kentucky | 6,493 |
Georgia | 7,724 |
Tennessee | 10,186 |
Louisiana | 2,864 |
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Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Related Majors for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Majors to Study
Major | Annual Graduates |
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Liberal Arts General Studies | 556,813 |
Most Popular Related Majors
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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).
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