Best Engineering Colleges in North Carolina
17 four-year colleges in North Carolina offer engineering programs. These rank highest by graduate earnings, using official federal data.
#1A+
Duke University
Durham, NC · Private nonprofit
Highly SelectiveTop Earnings
- $29,612
- Net price
- 6%
- Admit rate
- 6,442
- Enrolled
#2A+
Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC · Private nonprofit
Top EarningsHigh Grad Rate
- $28,719
- Net price
- 22%
- Admit rate
- 5,485
- Enrolled
#3B+
Elon University
Elon, NC · Private nonprofit
Top EarningsHigh Grad Rate
- $41,555
- Net price
- 66%
- Admit rate
- 6,452
- Enrolled
#4A+
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC · Public
Highly SelectiveTop Earnings
- $11,655
- Net price
- 15%
- Admit rate
- 20,752
- Enrolled
#5A-
North Carolina State University at Raleigh
Raleigh, NC · Public
Top EarningsHigh Grad Rate
- $17,303
- Net price
- 42%
- Admit rate
- 27,371
- Enrolled
#6B-
Queens University of Charlotte
Charlotte, NC · Private nonprofit
- $30,857
- Net price
- 62%
- Admit rate
- 1,211
- Enrolled
#7C+
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Charlotte, NC · Public
- $15,435
- Net price
- 80%
- Admit rate
- 24,453
- Enrolled
#8C
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC · Public
- $15,739
- Net price
- 89%
- Admit rate
- 19,896
- Enrolled
#9B-
University of North Carolina Wilmington
Wilmington, NC · Public
- $20,109
- Net price
- 64%
- Admit rate
- 14,922
- Enrolled
#10C
Campbell University
Buies Creek, NC · Private nonprofit
- $24,516
- Net price
- 87%
- Admit rate
- 2,680
- Enrolled
#11C
Western Carolina University
Cullowhee, NC · Public
Best Value
- $13,315
- Net price
- 82%
- Admit rate
- 10,024
- Enrolled
#12C-
Methodist University
Fayetteville, NC · Private nonprofit
- $24,704
- Net price
- 75%
- Admit rate
- 1,448
- Enrolled
#13C-
Lenoir-Rhyne University
Hickory, NC · Private nonprofit
- $20,689
- Net price
- 85%
- Admit rate
- 1,359
- Enrolled
#14C+
North Carolina A & T State University
Greensboro, NC · Public
- $10,846
- Net price
- 50%
- Admit rate
- 12,182
- Enrolled
#15C-
University of North Carolina Asheville
Asheville, NC · Public
- $12,250
- Net price
- 92%
- Admit rate
- 2,910
- Enrolled
#16C
Johnson C Smith University
Charlotte, NC · Private nonprofit
- $20,894
- Net price
- 45%
- Admit rate
- 1,244
- Enrolled
#17C-
Carolina University
Winston-Salem, NC · Private nonprofit
- $20,828
- Net price
- 40%
- Admit rate
- 460
- Enrolled