2023 Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in North Carolina
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Materials Engineering School for You
In 2020-2021, 61 degrees and certificates were awarded to materials engineering students who went to a North Carolina college or university. This makes it the #175 most popular major in the state.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Materials Engineering Schools in North Carolina to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in North Carolina to see which programs offered the best value experiences for materials engineering 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.
Best North Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality in Materials Engineering
Our 2023 rankings named North Carolina State University the best value school in North Carolina for materials engineering students. NC State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Raleigh.
NC State undergraduate students pay an average of $9,131 in in-state tuition and fees each year. While working on their degree, materials engineering majors at NC State accumulate an average of around $21,970 in student debt.
NC State not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Materials Engineering Schools in North Carolina list.
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Out of the 2 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Duke University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Duke is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Durham.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Duke are $60,244 a year.
Duke also made our Best Materials Engineering Schools in North Carolina list, coming in at #1.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Georgia | 114 |
| Virginia | 103 |
| Florida | 153 |
| Tennessee | 57 |
| Kentucky | 29 |
| South Carolina | 59 |
| Louisiana | 8 |
| Arkansas | 1 |
| Alabama | 65 |
| Mississippi | 3 |
| West Virginia | 1 |
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Materials Engineering Related Majors for Materials Engineering
Materials Engineering is one of 40 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Majors Related to Materials 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).
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More about our data sources and methodologies.