2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on ME Major in North Carolina

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on ME Major in North Carolina” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Mechanical Engineering is the 21st most popular major in the country with 46,178 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, mechanical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $69,007 and had an average of $23,944 in loans still to pay off.

Across North Carolina, there were 918 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,367 and $22,857 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 55 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,744 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on ME Major in North Carolina” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in mechanical engineering. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their mechanical engineering program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on ME Major in North Carolina

The colleges and universities below are the best for north carolina doctor’s degree me students.

Top 4 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering in North Carolina

1

North Carolina A & T State University
Greensboro, North Carolina

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on ME Major in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina A & T State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Greensboro, North Carolina, this fairly large public school handed out 7 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s ME students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering at NC A&T

2

Duke University
Durham, North Carolina

#1 overall quality in North Carolina

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on ME Major in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Duke University landed the #2 spot on the list. Duke is a fairly large school located in Durham, North Carolina that handed out 17 doctorate’s ME degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Duke University Mechanical Engineering Report

3

North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina

#5 overall quality in North Carolina

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Carolina State University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on ME Major in North Carolina. This large school is located in Raleigh, North Carolina, and it awarded 22 doctorate’s ME degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full North Carolina State University Mechanical Engineering Report

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University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Charlotte, North Carolina

#7 overall quality in North Carolina

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Charlotte. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on ME Major in North Carolina list. University of North Carolina at Charlotte is a large school located in Charlotte, North Carolina that handed out 9 doctorate’s ME degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering at UNC Charlotte

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.