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2023 Best Value Electrical Engineering Schools in North Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$17,533 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$72,039 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Electrical Engineering 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Electrical Engineering Schools in North Carolina to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in North Carolina to see which 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 Schools in North Carolina

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

Best North Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality in Electrical Engineering

$4,367 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Western Carolina University the best value school in North Carolina for electrical engineering students. WCU is a large public school located in the 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

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Charlotte. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Electrical Engineering Schools in North Carolina list. UNC Charlotte is a fairly large public school located in the city of Charlotte.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UNC Charlotte are $7,188 a year. While working on their degree, EE majors at UNC Charlotte accumulate an average of around $27,000 in student debt.

UNC Charlotte excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Electrical Engineering Schools in North Carolina list.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means North Carolina State University is a great value for electrical engineering students. NC State is a very large public school located in the large city of Raleigh.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at NC State are $9,131 a year. After completing their degree, EE graduates from NC State carry an average student debtload of $22,285.

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

Read full report on Electrical Engineering at North Carolina State University

$6,733 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means North Carolina A & T State University is a great value for electrical engineering students. NC A&T is a large public school located in the 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 $30,500 in student loans while working on their degree.

Full Electrical Engineering at North Carolina A & T State University Report

#5

Duke University

Durham, NC

Out of the 5 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Duke University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Duke is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Durham.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Duke are $60,244 per year.

Duke not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Electrical Engineering 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 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 NASA.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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