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2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Schools in North Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$20,824 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$71,367 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Mechanical Engineering School for You

In 2020-2021, 215 degrees and certificates were awarded to mechanical engineering students who went to a North Carolina college or university. This makes it the #29 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Value Mechanical Engineering Schools in North Carolina ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in North Carolina to see which programs offered the best value experiences for ME 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. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Mechanical Engineering Schools in North Carolina

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

Best North Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality in Mechanical Engineering

Our analysis found North Carolina State University to be the best value school for mechanical engineering students who want to pursue a degree in North Carolina. NC State is a very large public school located in the large city of Raleigh.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at NC State are $9,131 a year.

NC State also made our Best Mechanical Engineering Schools in North Carolina list, coming in at #4.

Full Mechanical Engineering at North Carolina State University Report

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

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UNC Charlotte are $7,188 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend North Carolina A & T State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Mechanical Engineering Schools in North Carolina list. NC A&T is a large public school located in the city of Greensboro.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at NC A&T are $6,733 a 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 Mechanical Engineering Schools in North Carolina list. Duke is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Durham.

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

Duke not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Mechanical Engineering Schools in North Carolina list.

Full Mechanical Engineering at Duke University Report

Best Value Mechanical Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 90
Florida 467
Georgia 312
Tennessee 65
Kentucky 61
Louisiana 12
Alabama 97
South Carolina 129
Mississippi 24
Arkansas 6
West Virginia 25

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

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
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 Michel Villeneuve.

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