The main focus area for this major is General Systems Engineering. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Systems Engineering is a major offered under the engineering program of study at University of North Carolina at Charlotte. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in systems engineering, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. The bachelor's program at UNC Charlotte was ranked #38 on College Factual's Best Schools for systems engineering list. It is also ranked #1 in North Carolina.
Here are some of the other rankings for UNC Charlotte.
Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at UNC Charlotte paid an average of $855 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $296 per credit hour. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $3,812 | $17,246 |
Fees | $3,284 | $3,284 |
Books and Supplies | $1,250 | $1,250 |
On Campus Room and Board | $12,800 | $12,800 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $3,768 | $3,768 |
Learn more about UNC Charlotte tuition and fees.
One way to think about how much a school will cost is to look at how much in student loans that you have to take out to get your degree. Systems Engineering students who received their bachelor’s degree at UNC Charlotte took out an average of $26,500 in student loans. That is 31% higher than the national average of $20,277.
The median early career salary of systems engineering students who receive their bachelor’s degree from UNC Charlotte is $61,350 per year. That is 12% lower than the national average of $69,480.
UNC Charlotte does not offer an online option for its systems engineering bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UNC Charlotte Online Learning page.
Women made up around 14.3% of the systems engineering students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 31.5%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 23.2% of the systems engineering bachelor’s degrees at UNC Charlotte in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 36%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 1 |
Black or African American | 4 |
Hispanic or Latino | 5 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 31 |
International Students | 10 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 5 |
Systems Engineering students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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General Systems Engineering | 56 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to systems engineering.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Civil Engineering | 88 |
Computer Engineering | 67 |
Electrical Engineering | 76 |
Mechanical Engineering | 198 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.