2022 Best Vallue ME Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making Over $110k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Vallue ME Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 47,598 people earned their degree in mechanical engineering, making the major the 20th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, mechanical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $64,495 and had an average of $23,104 in loans still to pay off.

Across North Carolina, there were 884 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $68,260 and $20,586 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 163 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,088 and $45,388 respectively.

This year’s “Best Vallue ME Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making Over $110k” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in mechanical engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality mechanical engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the mechanical engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Vallue ME Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue ME Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering (Income Over $110k) in North Carolina

#1

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$28,999 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$84,653 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Vallue ME Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making Over $110k list. This large school is located in Raleigh, North Carolina, and it awarded 83 masters’s ME degrees in 2019-2020.

NC State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at North Carolina State University are $28,999.

Full North Carolina State University Mechanical Engineering Report

#2

North Carolina A & T State University

Greensboro, North Carolina

$20,662 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina A & T State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Vallue ME Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making Over $110k list. Located in Greensboro, North Carolina, this fairly large public school handed out 3 degrees to qualified masters’s ME students in 2019-2020.

NC A&T did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at North Carolina A & T State University are $20,662, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Mechanical Engineering at NC A&T

#3

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Charlotte, North Carolina

#3 in overall quality

$21,055 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Vallue ME Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Charlotte landed the #3 spot on the list. UNC Charlotte is a large school located in Charlotte, North Carolina that handed out 37 masters’s ME degrees in 2019-2020.

UNC Charlotte not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNC Charlotte are $21,055, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering at University of North Carolina at Charlotte

#4

Duke University

Durham, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$59,140 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Duke University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Vallue ME Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making Over $110k. Located in Durham, North Carolina, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 40 degrees to qualified masters’s ME students in 2019-2020.

Duke did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Duke are $59,140, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Duke University Mechanical Engineering Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering (Income Over $110k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering (Income Over $110k)

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Michel Villeneuve.

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