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Largest engineering programs in North Carolina
North Carolina engineering programs, ranked by awards conferred in 2024, the latest IPEDS completions year on file. At least 5 schools must offer the program for this list to exist.
| Rank | School | City | Sector | Awards conferred |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Carolina University | Greenville | Public, 4-year | 91 |
| 2 | North Carolina State University at Raleigh | Raleigh | Public, 4-year | 46 |
| 3 | Western Carolina University | Cullowhee | Public, 4-year | 37 |
| 4 | Wake Forest University | Winston-Salem | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 36 |
| 5 | Campbell University | Buies Creek | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 30 |
| 6 | University of North Carolina Asheville | Asheville | Public, 4-year | 25 |
| 7 | Elon University | Elon | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 21 |
| 8 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | Charlotte | Public, 4-year | 5 |
| 9 | Duke University | Durham | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 1 |
| 10 | Saint Augustine's University | Raleigh | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 1 |
Completions counts total awards conferred, summed across every credential level, from IPEDS.
How to read this. A larger school naturally confers more awards in a common program; this counts total completions, not selectivity. A campus that is part of one multi-campus system is shown as a single row when more than two of its campuses would otherwise appear.
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