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2023 Most Popular Electrical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in North Carolina

4 Colleges
$139,530 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Electrical Engineering Doctor's Degree School for You

Electrical Engineering is the #17 most popular major in North Carolina with 388 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Most Popular Electrical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 4 schools in North Carolina to see which ones were the most popular doctor's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Electrical Engineering program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for EE majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Our analysis found North Carolina State University to be the most popular school for electrical engineering students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in North Carolina. NC State is a very large public school located in the large city of Raleigh.

Of the 46 students majoring in EE at NC State, 76% are male and 24% are female.

Read full report on Electrical Engineering at North Carolina State University

#2

Duke University

Durham, NC

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Duke University is a great place for electrical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Duke is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Durham.

Women make up 24% of the EE majors at the school.

Read full report on Electrical Engineering at Duke University

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at University of North Carolina at Charlotte helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular electrical engineering schools in North Carolina. UNC Charlotte is a very large public school located in the large city of Charlotte.

About 7% of the students majoring in EE at the school are women while 93% are male.

Read full report on Electrical Engineering at University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Out of the 4 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina A & T State University landed the # 4 spot on the list. NC A&T is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Greensboro.

Of the 4 students majoring in EE at NC A&T, 75% are male and 25% are female.

Full Electrical Engineering at North Carolina A & T State University Report

Best Electrical Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 182
Florida 528
Georgia 444
Tennessee 62
Kentucky 41
Louisiana 12
Alabama 55
South Carolina 51
Mississippi 17
Arkansas 27
West Virginia 13

One of 39 majors within the area of study, electrical engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to EE

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
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 NASA.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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