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2023 Best Value Curriculum & Instruction Schools in North Carolina

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

8 Colleges
$10,870 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$52,255 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Curriculum & Instruction School for You

In 2020-2021, curriculum and instruction students earned 182 degrees and certificates from a North Carolina school, making the subject the 7th in the state.

It's not easy to decide which teaching 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, Teaching Degree Search has created its Best Value Curriculum & Instruction Schools in North Carolina ranking. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in North Carolina to see which programs offered the best value experiences for curriculum 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Curriculum & Instruction Schools in North Carolina

Check out the curriculum programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best North Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality in Curriculum & Instruction

Our analysis found Appalachian State University to be the best value school for curriculum and instruction students who want to pursue a degree in North Carolina. Appalachian State is a very large public school located in the distant town of Boone.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Appalachian State are $7,410 per year.

Appalachian State also made our Best Curriculum & Instruction Schools in North Carolina list, coming in at #5.

Read full report on Curriculum & Instruction at Appalachian State University

#2

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend East Carolina University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Curriculum & Instruction Schools in North Carolina list. ECU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Greenville.

ECU undergraduate students pay an average of $7,297 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, ECU also did well on our Best Curriculum & Instruction Schools in North Carolina list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Read full report on Curriculum & Instruction at East Carolina University

The excellent programs at University of North Carolina at Charlotte helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best curriculum and instruction schools in North Carolina. Located in the large city of Charlotte, UNC Charlotte is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UNC Charlotte undergraduate students pay an average of $7,188 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Curriculum & Instruction at University of North Carolina at Charlotte

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of North Carolina at Greensboro is a great value for curriculum and instruction students. Located in the large city of Greensboro, UNC Greensboro is a public college with a large student population.

UNC Greensboro undergraduate students pay an average of $7,468 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Wilmington. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Curriculum & Instruction Schools in North Carolina list. UNCW is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Wilmington.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UNCW are $7,238 a year.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Curriculum & Instruction Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the small city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UNC Chapel Hill are $9,028 per year.

UNC Chapel Hill also claimed a spot on our Best Curriculum & Instruction Schools in North Carolina list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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North Carolina State University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Curriculum & Instruction Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the large city of Raleigh, NC State is a public college with a very large student population.

NC State undergraduate students pay an average of $9,131 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, NC State also is in the top 15% of our Best Curriculum & Instruction Schools in North Carolina ranking.

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#8

Gardner - Webb University

Boiling Springs, NC
$32,200 Average Tuition & Fees

Gardner - Webb University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Curriculum & Instruction Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the distant town of Boiling Springs, Gardner - Webb is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Gardner - Webb are $32,200 per year.

Read full report on Curriculum & Instruction at Gardner - Webb University

Best Value Curriculum & Instruction Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Curriculum & Instruction Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kentucky 297
Tennessee 546
Georgia 892
Florida 818
Virginia 1,215
West Virginia 16
South Carolina 196
Arkansas 171
Louisiana 425
Mississippi 247
Alabama 28

One of 14 majors within the teaching area of study, curriculum and instruction has other similar majors worth exploring.

Curriculum Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832

Majors Similar to Curriculum

Related Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
General Education 29,810

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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Disarnot.

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