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2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Bachelor's Degree Schools in North Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$7,021 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$57,852 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Engineering Technologies Bachelor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 2,073 degrees and certificates were awarded to engineering technologies students who went to a North Carolina college or university. This makes it the #16 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Engineering Technologies Bachelor's Degree Schools in North Carolina to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in North Carolina to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for engineering tech 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 Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for engineering tech majors pursuing a bachelor's degree.

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

Our analysis found Western Carolina University to be the best value school for engineering technologies students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in North Carolina. WCU is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Cullowhee.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WCU are $4,367 per year.

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#2

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Carolina University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the small city of Greenville, ECU is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at ECU are $7,297 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, ECU is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list.

Full Engineering Technologies at East Carolina University Report

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at University of North Carolina at Charlotte helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering technologies schools in North Carolina. UNC Charlotte is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Charlotte.

UNC Charlotte undergraduate students pay an average of $7,188 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UNC Charlotte excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list.

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Out of the 6 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina State University landed the # 4 spot on the list. NC State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Raleigh.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NC State are $9,131 per year.

NC State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list.

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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Appalachian State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering technologies schools in North Carolina. Located in the distant town of Boone, Appalachian State is a public college with a very large student population.

Appalachian State undergraduate students pay an average of $7,410 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Appalachian State also claimed a spot on our Best Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

Full Engineering Technologies at Appalachian State University Report

North Carolina A & T State University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. NC A&T is a large public school located in the large city of Greensboro.

NC A&T undergraduate students pay an average of $6,733 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Engineering Technologies Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
West Virginia 451
South Carolina 814
Florida 1,539
Virginia 938
Arkansas 815
Mississippi 799
Louisiana 1,315
Alabama 2,165
Kentucky 843
Georgia 686
Tennessee 951

Engineering Tech Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Industrial Production Technology 11,906
Electromechanical Engineering Technology 10,593
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology 8,964
Environmental Control Technology 8,690
Electronics Engineering Technology 8,592
Engineering-Related Fields 6,736
Mechanical Engineering Technology 6,013
General Engineering Technology 4,676
Construction Engineering Technology 4,330
Quality Control Technology 3,824
Computer Engineering Technology 3,595
Engineering Technology (Other) 1,768
Architectural Engineering Technology 1,290
Energy Systems Technologies 1,256
Civil Engineering Technology 1,187
Engineering-Related Technologies 989
Mining & Petroleum Technology 445
Nuclear Engineering Technology 220
Nanotechnology 114

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer & Information Sciences 254,454
Engineering 198,468
Biological & Biomedical Sciences 177,778
Mathematics & Statistics 52,396
Physical Sciences 50,306

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 6 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 KUKA Systems GmbH.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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