2024 Best Computer Engineering Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina

If you plan on getting your master's degree in computer engineering, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #39 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in North Carolina to determine which ones were the best for computer engineering students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 171 master's degrees in computer engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Computer Engineering School for Your Master's Degree

The ce master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality ce program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

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 for a Master's Degree 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 master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master'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 computer engineering students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of computer engineering students who choose to seek a master'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 computer engineering to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized computer engineering related body.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

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

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Computer Engineering in North Carolina

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in computer engineering.

Top North Carolina Schools for a Master's in CE

1

Duke University
Durham, NC

19 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a master's degree in computer engineering has to check out Duke University. Located in the city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in computer engineering from Duke University

2

North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC

137 Annual Graduates

North Carolina State University is a great decision for individuals interested in a master's degree in computer engineering. NC State is a very large public university located in the large city of Raleigh.More information about a master’s in computer engineering from North Carolina State University

3

East Carolina University
Greenville, NC

15 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat East Carolina University if you wish to pursue a master's degree in computer engineering. ECU is a very large public university located in the city of Greenville.More information about a master’s in computer engineering from East Carolina University

Best Computer Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	208	130
Georgia	190	50
Virginia	182	141
Tennessee	166	14
Alabama	151	46
Kentucky	147	40
Louisiana	147	0
South Carolina	146	14
Mississippi	145	0
Arkansas	121	3
West Virginia	112	14

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Computer Engineering Related Rankings by Major

Computer Engineering is one of 41 different types of Engineering programs to choose from.

CE Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Computer Engineering	156
Software Engineering	15

Most Popular Majors Related to CE

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering	289
Mechanical Engineering	157
Biomedical Engineering	133
Civil Engineering	103
Industrial Engineering	83
Textile Engineering	61
Chemical Engineering	55
Manufacturing Engineering	38
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	23
General Engineering	18

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). More about our data sources and methodologies.