2024 Best Civil Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in North Carolina

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 4 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Civil Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 305 bachelor's degrees in civil engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Civil Engineering School for Your Bachelor's Degree

Quality Overall Is Important

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their bachelor's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their bachelor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on civil engineering students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of civil engineering students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for civil engineering to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized civil engineering related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for civil engineering students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Civil Engineering Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Civil Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in North Carolina list, to help you choose the best school for you.

In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don't forget it.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Civil Engineering in North Carolina

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for civil engineering students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Top North Carolina Schools for a Bachelor's in Civil Eng

1

Duke University
Durham, NC

15 Annual Graduates

Duke University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in civil engineering. Located in the large city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in civil engineering from Duke University

2

North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC

137 Annual Graduates

$63,383 Median Starting Salary

$25,000 Median Student Debt

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in civil engineering needs to take a look at North Carolina State University. NC State is a fairly large public university located in the city of Raleigh.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the civil eng program report average early career earnings of $63,383.

More information about a bachelor’s in civil engineering from North Carolina State University

3

University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Charlotte, NC

120 Annual Graduates

$61,234 Median Starting Salary

$23,500 Median Student Debt

University of North Carolina at Charlotte is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in civil engineering. Located in the large city of Charlotte, UNC Charlotte is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the civil eng program state that they receive average early career earnings of $61,234.

More information about a bachelor’s in civil engineering from University of North Carolina at Charlotte

4

North Carolina A & T State University
Greensboro, NC

33 Annual Graduates

$60,061 Median Starting Salary

$31,000 Median Student Debt

It's difficult to beat North Carolina A & T State University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in civil engineering. NC A&T is a fairly large public university located in the city of Greensboro.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the civil eng program report average early career earnings of $60,061.

More information about a bachelor’s in civil engineering from North Carolina A & T State University

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Rankings in Majors Related to Civil Eng

One of 41 majors within the Engineering area of study, Civil Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Civil Eng Focus Areas

Majors Similar to Civil Eng

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 Master Sgt. Roger Parsons. More about our data sources and methodologies.