{"id":24986,"date":"2017-08-13T17:03:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-13T21:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/textiles.ncsu.edu\/news\/?p=22721"},"modified":"2017-08-13T17:03:00","modified_gmt":"2017-08-13T21:03:00","slug":"no-1-nc-state-top-value-n-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/textiles.ncsu.edu\/news\/2017\/08\/no-1-nc-state-top-value-n-c\/","title":{"rendered":"We\u2019re No. 1: NC&#160;State Is Top Value In N.C."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NC&#160;State is the best college for the money in North Carolina, according to a national ranking of more than 700 schools. <em>Money<\/em> magazine\u2019s annual survey, <a href=\"http:\/\/time.com\/money\/4846024\/best-colleges-for-your-money-2017\/\">2017 Best Colleges for Your Money<\/a>, is based on enrollment data and student outcomes collected from the top colleges and universities in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The publication weighed the net cost of attendance, including tuition, housing, fees and other costs, minus the average amount of student aid, against the early-career earnings of graduates, drawn from PayScale data on people who graduated in the past five years. NC&#160;State alumni reported&nbsp;average salaries that are 10 percent higher than students from similar universities, according to the calculations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Best Colleges for Your Money list is an eclectic mix of large public universities and small liberal arts institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an <a href=\"http:\/\/time.com\/money\/4864614\/best-college-in-every-state-2017\/\">online article Aug. 10<\/a>, <em>Money<\/em> culled the list of 711 schools to identify the top value in each state (excluding Alaska and Hawaii).&nbsp;<em>Money<\/em> said this list is useful for prospective students because more than 80 percent attend a college within 500 miles of their home, and 53 percent of incoming freshmen at four-year institutions attend a college within 100 miles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All but six of these 48 colleges fall in the top half of <em>Money\u2019s<\/em> rankings, and 21, including NC&#160;State, ranked in the top 50.&nbsp;A majority \u2013 32 \u2013 are public schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NC&#160;State has long been recognized as an outstanding value in higher education. 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