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2023 Best Value Philosophy Doctor's Degree Schools in North Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$35,854 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$96,764 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Philosophy Doctor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 303 degrees and certificates were awarded to philosophy students who went to a North Carolina college or university. This makes it the #72 most popular major in the state.

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 Philosophy Doctor's Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in North Carolina to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for philosophy 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 Philosophy Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina

Check out the philosophy doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best North Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Philosophy

Our 2023 rankings named University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill the best value school in North Carolina for philosophy students working on their doctor’s degree. UNC Chapel Hill is a fairly large public school located in the city of Chapel Hill.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UNC Chapel Hill are $12,566 a year.

UNC Chapel Hill did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Philosophy Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list.

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

#2

Duke University

Durham, NC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Duke University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Philosophy Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Durham.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Duke are $59,141 a year.

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

Read full report on Philosophy at Duke University

Best Value Philosophy Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 218
Virginia 241
Florida 347
Tennessee 149
Kentucky 65
South Carolina 88
Louisiana 104
Arkansas 37
Alabama 99
Mississippi 25
West Virginia 42

One of 3 majors within the area of study, philosophy has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Religious Studies 9,470
Other Philosophy & Religious Studies 285
General Philosophy & Religious Studies 184

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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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