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2023 Best Value Computer Engineering Schools in North Carolina

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$25,557 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$75,650 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Computer Engineering 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Computer Engineering Schools in North Carolina ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in North Carolina to see which 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 Schools in North Carolina

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

Best North Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality in Computer Engineering

Our 2023 rankings named North Carolina State University the best value school in North Carolina for computer engineering students. Located in the city of Raleigh, NC State is a public school with a very large student population.

NC State undergraduate students pay an average of $9,131 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

NC State not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Computer Engineering Schools in North Carolina list.

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#2

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend East Carolina University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Computer Engineering Schools in North Carolina list. ECU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Greenville.

ECU undergraduate students pay an average of $7,297 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Duke University

Durham, NC
$60,244 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Duke University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best computer engineering schools in North Carolina. Located in the large city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Duke are $60,244 a year.

Duke also took the #1 spot in our Best Computer Engineering Schools in North Carolina rankings.

Read full report on Computer Engineering at Duke University

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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