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2023 Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina

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$83,900 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Mechanical Engineering Master's Degree 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in North Carolina to see which ones were the most popular master's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Mechanical Engineering program at each school on the list.

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

Our 2023 rankings named North Carolina State University the most popular school in North Carolina for mechanical engineering students working on their master’s degree. NC State is a very large public school located in the city of Raleigh.

Women make up 15% of the ME majors at the school.

Full Mechanical Engineering at North Carolina State University Report

#2

Duke University

Durham, NC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Duke University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Durham.

Of the 34 students majoring in ME at Duke, 79% are male and 21% are female.

Full Mechanical Engineering at Duke University Report

The in-demand master’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 mechanical engineering schools in North Carolina. UNC Charlotte is a fairly large public school located in the city of Charlotte.

Of the 24 students majoring in ME at UNC Charlotte, 71% are male and 29% are female.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means North Carolina A & T State University is a great place for mechanical engineering students working on their master’s degree. NC A&T is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Greensboro.

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

#5

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Carolina University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the city of Greenville, ECU is a public school with a very large student population.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering at East Carolina University

Best Mechanical Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Schools 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 5 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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