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Best Value Philosophy Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina

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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$10,140 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$41,396 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Philosophy Master'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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Philosophy Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in North Carolina to see which master'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.

Best North Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's 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 master’s degree. UNC Chapel Hill is a fairly large public school located in the 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 did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Philosophy Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of North Carolina at Charlotte is a great value for philosophy students working on their master’s degree. UNC Charlotte is a very large public school located in the city of Charlotte.

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

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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).

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