2023 Best Healthcare Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina
There are so many healthcare programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school or bootcamp that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Best Healthcare Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 25 schools in North Carolina to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs for healthcare students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.
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Top Healthcare Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina
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Our analysis found Wake Forest University to be the best school for healthcare students who want to pursue a master’s degree in North Carolina.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Wake Forest University does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 67% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
The excellent master’s degree programs at Duke University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best healthcare schools in North Carolina.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Duke. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 2% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Elon University is a great place for healthcare students working on their master’s degree.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wingate University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Healthcare Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list.
Wingate does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. During the 2019-2020 year, about 18% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
The excellent master’s degree programs at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best healthcare schools in North Carolina.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since UNC Chapel Hill does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. During the 2019-2020 year, about 77% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
High Point University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for healthcare students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list.
High Point does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 12% took at least some of their classes online.
Campbell University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree healthcare programs.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Campbell. During the 2019-2020 year, about 4% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Lenoir - Rhyne University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree healthcare programs.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Lenoir - Rhyne University. In fact, around 42% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Appalachian State University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Healthcare Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list.
Appalachian State does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. In fact, around 86% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
University of North Carolina at Wilmington landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree healthcare programs.
One thing to take note of is that UNCW does offer online graduate classes in some areas. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 88% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
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Montreat College ranked #11 on this year’s Best Healthcare Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list.
Montreat College does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. In 2019-2020 about 97% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
East Carolina University came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Best Healthcare Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking.
ECU does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In 2019-2020 about 80% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
With a ranking of #13, Gardner - Webb University did quite well on this year’s best schools for healthcare students working on their master’s degree.
Gardner - Webb does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. During the 2019-2020 year, about 59% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
With a ranking of #14, Queens University of Charlotte did quite well on this year’s best schools for healthcare students working on their master’s degree.
Queens does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 100% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Pfeiffer University came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Best Healthcare Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking.
Pfeiffer University does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In 2019-2020 about 70% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
University of North Carolina at Charlotte landed the #16 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree healthcare programs.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since UNC Charlotte does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 82% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
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North Carolina Central University ranked #17 on this year’s Best Healthcare Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since North Carolina Central University does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In fact, around 56% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
With a ranking of #18, University of North Carolina at Greensboro did quite well on this year’s best schools for healthcare students working on their master’s degree.
Online graduate courses are available at UNC Greensboro, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In fact, around 80% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
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University of Mount Olive did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for healthcare students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #19 on the list.
Since the graduate programs at UMO are primarily online school, so it is a great choice for returning adults and students who work full time.
Winston - Salem State University ranked #20 on this year’s Best Healthcare Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list.
One thing to take note of is that WSSU does offer online graduate classes in some areas. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 89% took at least some of their classes online.
With a ranking of #21, Methodist University did quite well on this year’s best schools for healthcare students working on their master’s degree.
Barton College landed the #22 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree healthcare programs.
One thing to take note of is that Barton College does offer online graduate classes in some areas. During the 2019-2020 year, about 54% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Western Carolina University came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Best Healthcare Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking.
Online graduate courses are available at WCU, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 87% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
University of North Carolina at Pembroke landed the #24 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree healthcare programs.
UNC Pembroke does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. During the 2019-2020 year, about 96% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Strayer University - North Carolina came in at #25 in this year’s edition of the Best Healthcare Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking.
Interested in an online degree? Then you definitely want to check out Strayer University - North Carolina. Every graduate student at the school took at least one class online.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.
References
- Read more about our ranking methodology.
- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
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