Computer Engineering at North Carolina State University

What traits are you looking for in a CE school? To help you decide if North Carolina State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's CE program.

NC State is located in Raleigh, North Carolina and approximately 36,042 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 137 students received their master's degree in CE.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Computer Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

NC State Computer Engineering Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in CE
• Doctorate Degree in CE

Online Classes Are Available at NC State

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? NC State offers distance education options for CE at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

NC State Computer Engineering Rankings

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in CE, making the school the #31 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

CE Student Demographics at NC State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the CE majors at North Carolina State University.

NC State Computer Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 137 students who graduated with a master’s in CE from NC State in 2021, 77% were men and 23% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from North Carolina State University with a master's in CE.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	19
International Students	112
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Related Majors

• Other Engineering
• General Engineering
• Agricultural Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering

Careers That CE Grads May Go Into

A degree in CE can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NC, the home state for North Carolina State University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Software Applications Developers	30,580	$103,280
Systems Software Developers	7,070	$105,760
Computer Network Architects	4,730	$108,040
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,060	$140,980
Computer Hardware Engineers	1,430	$108,090

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Haruhide000 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.