2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid

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In 2019-2020, 29,892 people earned their degree in electrical engineering, making the major the 26th most popular in the United States.

Across North Carolina, there were 673 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 281 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,088 and $45,388 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in electrical engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent electrical engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the electrical engineering program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for north carolina master’s degree ee students with aid.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering in North Carolina (With Aid)

#1

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$28,999 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in Raleigh, North Carolina, and it awarded 122 masters’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.

NC State also made our “Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at NC State are $28,999, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Electrical Engineering at North Carolina State University

#2

North Carolina A & T State University

Greensboro, North Carolina

$20,662 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina A & T State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Greensboro, North Carolina, this fairly large public school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified masters’s EE students in 2019-2020.

NC A&T did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at North Carolina A & T State University are $20,662, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

Duke University

Durham, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$59,140 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Duke University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid. Duke is a fairly large school located in Durham, North Carolina that handed out 109 masters’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.

Duke did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Duke University are $59,140, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Electrical Engineering at Duke

#4

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Charlotte, North Carolina

#3 in overall quality

$21,055 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value EE Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid. This large school is located in Charlotte, North Carolina, and it awarded 44 masters’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.

UNC Charlotte not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Electrical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UNC Charlotte are $21,055.

Read more about Electrical Engineering at UNC Charlotte

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering (With Aid)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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• Credit for the banner image above goes to NASA.

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