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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$21,624 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$139,530 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Electrical Engineering Doctor'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.

The Best Value Electrical Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in North Carolina to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for EE 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 Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina

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

Best North Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Electrical Engineering

Our analysis found University of North Carolina at Charlotte to be the best value school for electrical engineering students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in North Carolina. UNC Charlotte is a very large public school located in the city of Charlotte.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNC Charlotte are $7,713 per year.

Full Electrical Engineering at University of North Carolina at Charlotte Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend North Carolina State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. NC State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Raleigh.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at NC State are $11,703 a year.

NC State not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list.

Read full report on Electrical Engineering at North Carolina State University

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at North Carolina A & T State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value electrical engineering schools in North Carolina. NC A&T is a large public school located in the city of Greensboro.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at NC A&T are $7,938 per year.

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

#4

Duke University

Durham, NC

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Duke University is a great value for electrical engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Durham.

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

Duke not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Electrical Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list.

Full Electrical Engineering at Duke University Report

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.

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