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2025 Best Electrical Engineering Schools in North Carolina

5 Colleges in North Carolina
589 EE Degrees Awarded
Electrical Engineering is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #30 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

College Factual looked at 5 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Electrical Engineering Schools in North Carolina ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 589 degrees in electrical engineering annually.

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Choosing a Great Electrical Engineering School

Best Electrical Engineering Schools in North Carolina The ee program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Electrical Engineering rankings. For our Best Overall Electrical Engineering School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.

In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.

Pick Your Electrical Engineering Degree Level

Bachelor's Degrees in EE
Master's Degrees in EE
Doctor's Degrees in EE

The ee school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Electrical Engineering Schools in North Carolina. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Electrical Engineering in North Carolina

The schools below may not offer all types of ee degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top North Carolina Schools in EE

1
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Duke University
Durham, NC
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In NC
96 EE Degrees Awarded

Any student pursuing a degree in electrical engineering needs to check out Duke University. Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Durham. A Best Colleges rank of #7 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Duke is a great university overall.

There were roughly 96 electrical engineering students who graduated with this degree at Duke in the most recent data year.

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2
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In NC
286 EE Degrees Awarded

It is difficult to beat North Carolina State University if you wish to pursue a degree in electrical engineering. Located in the city of Raleigh, NC State is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #122 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means NC State is a great university overall.

There were roughly 286 electrical engineering students who graduated with this degree at NC State in the most recent data year.

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3
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In NC
129 EE Degrees Awarded

Every student pursuing a degree in electrical engineering needs to look into University of North Carolina at Charlotte. UNC Charlotte is a very large public university located in the large city of Charlotte. This university ranks 10th out of 93 schools for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.

There were roughly 129 electrical engineering students who graduated with this degree at UNC Charlotte in the most recent data year.

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4
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
4th Most Popular In NC
49 EE Degrees Awarded

It's hard to beat North Carolina A & T State University if you want to pursue a degree in electrical engineering. Located in the city of Greensboro, NC A&T is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 51st out of 93 schools for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.

There were approximately 49 electrical engineering students who graduated with this degree at NC A&T in the most recent data year.

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5
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
5th Most Popular In NC

Located in the distant town of Cullowhee, WCU is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 36th out of 93 colleges for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.

There were approximately 29 electrical engineering students who graduated with this degree at WCU in the most recent year we have data available.

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Best Electrical Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Electrical Engineering Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Florida 715 1,317
Georgia 690 838
Virginia 630 602
Tennessee 624 253
South Carolina 530 219
Kentucky 518 176
Mississippi 501 134
Alabama 500 395
Louisiana 489 176
Arkansas 466 162
West Virginia 410 102

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One of 3 majors within the Electrical Engineering area of study, Electrical Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

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