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2023 Best Value Civil Engineering Schools in North Carolina

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$20,824 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$65,312 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Civil Engineering School for You

In 2020-2021, 143 degrees and certificates were awarded to civil engineering students who went to a North Carolina college or university. This makes it the #45 most popular major in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Civil Engineering Schools in North Carolina ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in North Carolina to see which programs offered the best value experiences for civil eng 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 Civil Engineering Schools in North Carolina

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for civil eng majors pursuing a .

Best North Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality in Civil Engineering

Our analysis found North Carolina State University to be the best value school for civil engineering students who want to pursue a degree in North Carolina. Located in the large city of Raleigh, NC State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NC State are $9,131 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, NC State is ranked #4 for overall quality for civil eng in North Carolina.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Charlotte. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Civil Engineering Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the large city of Charlotte, UNC Charlotte is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UNC Charlotte are $7,188 a year.

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The excellent programs at North Carolina A & T State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best civil engineering schools in North Carolina. Located in the large city of Greensboro, NC A&T is a public college with a large student population.

NC A&T undergraduate students pay an average of $6,733 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#4

Duke University

Durham, NC
$60,244 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Duke University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Civil Engineering Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Duke are $60,244 per year.

Duke also made our Best Civil Engineering Schools in North Carolina list, coming in at #1.

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Best Value Civil Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Civil Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 166
Florida 288
Georgia 108
Tennessee 73
Kentucky 58
Louisiana 32
Alabama 77
South Carolina 81
Mississippi 8
Arkansas 17
West Virginia 10

Civil Engineering is one of 39 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252
General Engineering 3,548

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 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 Master Sgt. Roger Parsons.

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