2023 Best Value Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in North Carolina
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Engineering Doctor's Degree School for You
Engineering is one of the most popular subjects to study in North Carolina. With 5,126 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 8th out of all the majors we track in the state.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in North Carolina to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in North Carolina to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for 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.
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2023 Best Value Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Engineering Doctor's Degree Colleges.
Best North Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Engineering
Our analysis found University of North Carolina at Charlotte to be the best value school for engineering students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in North Carolina. UNC Charlotte is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Charlotte.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UNC Charlotte are $7,713 a year.
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Out of the 4 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina A & T State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. NC A&T is a large public school located in the city of Greensboro.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at NC A&T are $7,938 a year.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means North Carolina State University is a great value for engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. NC State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Raleigh.
NC State graduate students pay an average of $11,703 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, NC State is ranked #2 for overall quality for engineering in North Carolina.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Duke University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. Duke is a 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 also took the #1 spot in our Best Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina rankings.
Best Value Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region
Explore all the Best Value Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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West Virginia | 990 |
South Carolina | 2,318 |
Florida | 9,040 |
Virginia | 5,181 |
Arkansas | 1,082 |
Mississippi | 1,512 |
Louisiana | 1,832 |
Alabama | 3,927 |
Kentucky | 1,343 |
Georgia | 5,301 |
Tennessee | 2,281 |
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Majors Related to Engineering
Engineering Majors to Study
Most Popular Majors Related to Engineering
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Computer & Information Sciences | 254,454 |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences | 177,778 |
Engineering Technologies | 85,188 |
Mathematics & Statistics | 52,396 |
Physical Sciences | 50,306 |
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 Petty Officer 3rd Class Declan Barnes.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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