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2023 Best Materials Engineering Schools in North Carolina

2 Colleges
$53,714 Avg Salary
$21,970 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Materials Engineering School for You

Materials Engineering is the #115 most popular major in North Carolina with 30 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right 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 Materials Engineering Schools in North Carolina ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in North Carolina to see which ones offered the best programs for students.

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2023 Best Materials Engineering Schools in North Carolina

The following schools top our list of the Best Materials Engineering Colleges.

Top North Carolina Schools in Materials Engineering

#1

Duke University

Durham, NC

Our 2023 rankings named Duke University the best school in North Carolina for materials engineering students. Located in the city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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The excellent programs at North Carolina State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best materials engineering schools in North Carolina. Located in the city of Raleigh, NC State is a public school with a very large student population.

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Best Materials Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 37
Florida 92
Georgia 59
Tennessee 36
Kentucky 2
Louisiana 8
Alabama 33
South Carolina 15
Mississippi 3
Arkansas 1
West Virginia 1

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

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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).
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