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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$6,855 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$69,529 Avg Salary

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

With 714 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, electrical engineering is the #36 most popular major in North Carolina.

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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Electrical Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in North Carolina to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for EE 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. 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 Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina

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

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

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

WCU undergraduate students pay an average of $4,367 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Electrical Engineering at Western Carolina University

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means North Carolina State University is a great value for electrical engineering students working on their bachelor’s degree. NC State is a very 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. After completing their Bachelor's Degree, EE graduates from NC State carry an average student debtload of $21,073.

NC State not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list.

Full Electrical Engineering at North Carolina State 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 electrical engineering schools in North Carolina. UNC Charlotte is a fairly large public school located in the city of Charlotte.

UNC Charlotte undergraduate students pay an average of $7,188 in in-state tuition and fees each year. While working on their Bachelor's Degree, EE majors at UNC Charlotte accumulate an average of around $29,676 in student debt.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UNC Charlotte also is in the top 20% of our Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking.

Full Electrical Engineering at University of North Carolina at Charlotte Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina A & T State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. NC A&T is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Greensboro.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at NC A&T are $6,733 a year. On average, EE graduates from NC A&T take out $30,147 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

Read full report on Electrical Engineering at North Carolina A & T State University

Best Value Electrical Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 838
Virginia 604
Florida 1,422
Tennessee 253
Kentucky 178
South Carolina 219
Louisiana 176
Arkansas 162
Alabama 396
Mississippi 144
West Virginia 102

Electrical Engineering is one of 40 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to EE

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Civil Engineering 21,388
Computer Engineering 17,987
Chemical Engineering 12,917
Biomedical Engineering 12,811

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 NASA.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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