The Most Underrated School in each State

katwkittens
Wed, 23 Apr 2014 12:09:16 +0000

UNC has 17 campuses and I would venture that some of those other than NCSU and UNC-CH are underrated. Like NCSU NC A&T has an ABET accredited engineering college, along with Duke and UNC Charlotte. There are people OOS who do not realize that UNC-CH has no engineering school, rather that is at NCSU and A&T. Three of my kiddos have STEM degrees from NCSU and A&T so we as a family have enjoyed the benefit of an in-state tuition rate and education at the “underrated” schools! One of them is now at med school and b-school at UNC-CH.

ECU has a new dental school while A&T and UNC Greensboro has a new School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, again for the low in-state tuition rates. And the different campuses all have different tuition rates. They are all very different and unique campuses many holding onto their unique charcteristics they has before becoming absorbed by the UNC system. UNC Asheville is nestled in the mountains and is a small public LAC, Wilmington is on the beach with a fabulous marine biology program. NCSU and UNC-Charlotte have great architecture schools and NCSU has the vet school which provides undergraduate training and DVM degrees. NCSU also has a textile school along with a plastics department that is cutting edge.

UNC OOS tuition is reasonable compared to other states in-state tuition. We moved here as a family 10+ years ago from northern CA (Bay area) for the UNC system, both undergrad and grad school. With a terrific vet school, med schools, RTP research and b-schools + the undergrad system we could not have chosen better!! My children have all benefited from it greatly, son in med school at Chapel Thrill could not agree more.

Kat