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2023 Best Value Computer Engineering Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$26,146 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$98,951 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Computer Engineering Master's Degree School for You

Computer Engineering is the #37 most popular major in North Carolina with 176 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Computer Engineering Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in North Carolina to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for CE students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Computer Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina

Check out the CE master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best North Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Computer Engineering

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

NC State graduate students pay an average of $11,703 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

NC State also took the #4 spot in our Best Computer Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina rankings.

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#2

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

Out of the 3 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, East Carolina University landed the # 2 spot on the list. ECU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Greenville.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at ECU are $7,594 a year.

Read full report on Computer Engineering at East Carolina University

#3

Duke University

Durham, NC

Out of the 3 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Duke University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Duke graduate students pay an average of $59,141 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Duke is ranked #1 for overall quality for CE in North Carolina.

Full Computer Engineering at Duke University Report

Best Value Computer Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 154
Florida 174
Georgia 64
Tennessee 22
Kentucky 45
Louisiana 3
Alabama 58
South Carolina 31
Mississippi 0
Arkansas 3
West Virginia 14

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

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Biomedical Engineering 4,252
General Engineering 3,548

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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