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2023 Best Value Construction Engineering Schools in North Carolina

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$8,160 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$25,759 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Construction Engineering School for You

In 2020-2021, 31 degrees and certificates were awarded to construction engineering students who went to a North Carolina college or university. This makes it the #205 most popular major in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 Construction Engineering Schools in North Carolina ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in North Carolina to see which ones offered the best value programs for construction engineering students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Construction Engineering Schools in North Carolina

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

Best North Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality in Construction Engineering

Our analysis found North Carolina State University to be the best value school for construction engineering students who want to pursue a degree in North Carolina. Located in the city of Raleigh, NC State is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at NC State are $9,131 a year. Construction Engineering majors at NC State take out an average of $25,759 in student loans while working on their egree.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, NC State is ranked #5 for overall quality for construction engineering in North Carolina.

Read full report on Construction Engineering at North Carolina State University

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

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

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UNC Charlotte also is in the top 15% of our Best Construction Engineering Schools in North Carolina ranking.

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Best Value Construction Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 13
Virginia 49
Florida 3
South Carolina 6
Louisiana 0
Arkansas 6
Alabama 17

One of 40 majors within the area of study, construction engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Construction Engineering

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Electrical Engineering 28,844
Civil Engineering 21,388
Computer Engineering 17,987
Chemical Engineering 12,917

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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 Daniel Christensen.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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