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

If you plan on getting your master's degree in civil engineering, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #40 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Civil Engineering Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 103 master's degrees in civil engineering to qualified students.

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

Your choice of civil engineering for getting your master's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

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.

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

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 civil engineering students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of civil 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 much debt civil engineering students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized civil engineering related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Civil Engineering Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Civil 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 Civil Engineering in North Carolina

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

Top North Carolina Schools for a Master's in Civil Eng

1

Duke University
Durham, NC

23 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Duke University if you wish to pursue a master's degree in civil engineering. Located in the large city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a master’s in civil engineering from Duke University

2

North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC

62 Annual Graduates

$80,860 Median Starting Salary

Every student who is interested in a master's degree in civil engineering needs to look into North Carolina State University. NC State is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Raleigh.

Civil Engineering master's degree recipients from North Carolina State University earn a boost of approximately $9,919 over the typical earnings of civil engineering graduates.

More information about a master’s in civil engineering from North Carolina State University

3

University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Charlotte, NC

14 Annual Graduates

$61,022 Median Starting Salary

University of North Carolina at Charlotte is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in civil engineering. Located in the city of Charlotte, UNC Charlotte is a public university with a very large student population.

Master's students who receive their degree from the civil eng program earn around $61,022 in their early career salary.

More information about a master’s in civil engineering from University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Best Civil Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	208	224
Georgia	190	82
Virginia	182	132
Tennessee	166	59
Alabama	151	63
Kentucky	147	47
Louisiana	147	20
South Carolina	146	60
Mississippi	145	8
Arkansas	121	17
West Virginia	112	10

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Rankings in Majors Related to Civil Eng

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

Civil Eng Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Civil Engineering	103

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering	289
Computer Engineering	171
Mechanical Engineering	157
Biomedical Engineering	133
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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Master Sgt. Roger Parsons. More about our data sources and methodologies.