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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in North Carolina

2 Ranked Colleges
21 Degrees Awarded
$25,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master's in North Carolina For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 9,411 people earned their degree in general engineering, making the major the 83rd most popular in the United States.

Across North Carolina, there were 282 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 21 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,088 and $45,388 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in North Carolina

#1

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $30-$48k list. NC State is located in Raleigh, North Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 16 masters’s engineering degrees to qualified students.

NC State also made our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at NC State are $28,999, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full NC State General Engineering Report

#2

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Charlotte, North Carolina

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Charlotte. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $30-$48k list. Charlotte, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s engineering degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

UNC Charlotte also made our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list, coming in at #0. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UNC Charlotte are $21,055.

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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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