2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering in North Carolina

Electrical Engineering is of the hottest doctor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #15 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in North Carolina to determine which ones were the most popular for electrical engineering students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 100 doctor's degrees in electrical engineering during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Electrical Engineering School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of school for getting your doctor's degree in EE matters. One of the reasons we created our Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering in North Carolina ranking is to help you make that choice.

Being popular does not always equate to overall quality, but a school with a large number of electrical engineering students usually has them for a reason. This may be due to it being a great value, it offering a stellar educational experience, or the subject is a major focus of the school.

One Size Does Not Fit All

This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for electrical engineering.

 

Most Popular Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Electrical Engineering in North Carolina

The following list ranks the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in electrical engineering.

Most Well Attended Schools for EE Students Working on Their Doctorate

1

North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC

43 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In NC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

North Carolina State University is one of the most popular schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in electrical engineering. NC State is a fairly large public university located in the city of Raleigh. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for doctor's degrees in electrical engineering in North Carolina.

There were roughly 43 electrical engineering individuals who graduated with this degree at NC State in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in electrical engineering from North Carolina State University

2

Duke University
Durham, NC

40 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In NC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Duke University is a popular choice for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in electrical engineering. Located in the large city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in electrical engineering in North Carolina.

There were roughly 40 electrical engineering individuals who graduated with this degree at Duke in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in electrical engineering from Duke University

3

University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Charlotte, NC

10 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#3 Best Quality In NC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

University of North Carolina at Charlotte is one of the most popular schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in electrical engineering. Located in the large city of Charlotte, UNC Charlotte is a public university with a very large student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #3 in quality for doctor's degrees in electrical engineering in North Carolina.

There were about 10 electrical engineering individuals who graduated with this degree at UNC Charlotte in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a doctorate in electrical engineering from University of North Carolina at Charlotte

4

North Carolina A & T State University
Greensboro, NC

7 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#4 Best Quality In NC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in electrical engineering needs to check out North Carolina A & T State University. NC A&T is a large public university located in the large city of Greensboro. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #4 in quality for doctor's degrees in electrical engineering in North Carolina.

There were about 7 electrical engineering individuals who graduated with this degree at NC A&T in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in electrical engineering from North Carolina A & T State University

 

Best Electrical Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Electrical Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	143	105
Virginia	126	56
Georgia	124	83
Louisiana	99	11
Tennessee	98	26
Alabama	94	27
South Carolina	88	13
Kentucky	86	15
Mississippi	72	7

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Electrical Engineering Related Rankings by Major

One of 40 majors within the Engineering area of study, Electrical Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

EE Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering	100

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Biomedical Engineering	53
Mechanical Engineering	52
Civil Engineering	29
Textile Engineering	28
Nuclear Engineering	23
Industrial Engineering	21
Chemical Engineering	20
Materials Engineering	17
Other Engineering	12
Computer Engineering	9

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 NASA. More about our data sources and methodologies.