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

Electrical Engineering is of the hottest master's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #23 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 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Electrical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 289 master's degrees in electrical engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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

The ee master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we consider a school's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a combination of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to electrical engineering students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of electrical engineering students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized electrical engineering related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Electrical Engineering Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Electrical Engineering Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

 

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

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for electrical engineering students seeking a a master's degree.

Top North Carolina Schools for a Master's in EE

1

Duke University
Durham, NC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

85 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Duke University if you want to pursue a master's degree in electrical engineering. Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Durham.More information about a master’s in electrical engineering from Duke University

2

North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

160 Annual Graduates

North Carolina State University is a great decision for individuals pursuing a master's degree in electrical engineering. Located in the large city of Raleigh, NC State is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in electrical engineering from North Carolina State University

3

University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Charlotte, NC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

40 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in electrical engineering needs to check out University of North Carolina at Charlotte. UNC Charlotte is a very large public university located in the large city of Charlotte.More information about a master’s in electrical engineering from University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Best Electrical Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	422	346
Georgia	370	353
Virginia	331	116
Tennessee	313	37
Kentucky	268	29
South Carolina	260	35
Alabama	258	35
Louisiana	250	5
Mississippi	243	13
Arkansas	187	27
West Virginia	164	13

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Rankings in Majors Related to EE

Electrical Engineering is one of 3 different types of Electrical Engineering programs to choose from.

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.