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2023 Best Value Engineering Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$18,818 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$85,090 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Engineering Master's Degree School for You

Engineering is one of the most popular subjects to study in North Carolina. With 1,668 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 4th out of all the majors we track in the state.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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 Engineering Master'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 5 schools in North Carolina to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for engineering students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina

Check out the engineering master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best North Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Engineering

Our 2023 rankings named North Carolina State University the best value school in North Carolina for engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Raleigh, NC State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

NC State graduate students pay an average of $11,703 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

NC State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list.

Read full report on Engineering at North Carolina State University

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means North Carolina A & T State University is a great value for engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Greensboro, NC A&T is a public college with a fairly large student population.

NC A&T graduate students pay an average of $7,938 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Engineering at North Carolina A & T State University Report

#3

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Carolina University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. ECU is a very large public school located in the small city of Greenville.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at ECU are $7,594 per year.

Read full report on Engineering at East Carolina University

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Charlotte. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the city of Charlotte, UNC Charlotte is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UNC Charlotte are $7,713 a year.

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

#5

Duke University

Durham, NC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Duke University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the large city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Duke are $59,141 per year.

Duke also made our Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list, coming in at #1.

Full Engineering at Duke University Report

Best Value Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Mississippi 178
Florida 2,629
Virginia 1,286
Tennessee 508
Georgia 1,617
South Carolina 617
Louisiana 293
West Virginia 158
Kentucky 281
Arkansas 193
Alabama 914

Engineering Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252
General Engineering 3,548
Systems Engineering 3,068
Industrial Engineering 3,028
Chemical Engineering 2,662
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 2,375
Other Engineering 1,820
Materials Engineering 1,810
Operations Research 1,191
Electrical and Computer Engineering. 928
Environmental Engineering 919
Robotics Engineering 560
Engineering Science 451
Nuclear Engineering 437
Manufacturing Engineering 423
Petroleum Engineering 401
Agricultural Engineering 332
Construction Engineering 288
Engineering Physics 286
Architectural Engineering 243
Geoscience Engineering 173
Polymer & Plastics Engineering 167
Engineering Mechanics 144
Mining Engineering 132
Ocean Engineering 112
Textile Engineering 96
Biological Engineering 80
Energy Systems Engineering 79
Marine Engineering 44
Metallurgical Engineering 40
Biochemical Engineering 21
Ceramic Engineering 20
Electromechanical Engineering 16
Surveying Engineering 11
Paper Science & Engineering 7

Majors Similar to Engineering

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer & Information Sciences 60,971
Biological & Biomedical Sciences 28,851
Mathematics & Statistics 15,127
Physical Sciences 12,705
Engineering Technologies 7,672

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 Petty Officer 3rd Class Declan Barnes.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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