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Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Computer Engineering Major in Virginia” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
General Computer Engineering is the 58th most popular major in the country with 13,520 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Virginia, there were 482 general computer engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 374 general computer engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,553 and $27,844 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Computer Engineering Major in Virginia” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in general computer engineering. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general computer engineering.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Computer Engineering Major in Virginia”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Computer Engineering Major in Virginia list. This small school is located in Petersburg, Virginia, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s general computer engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Computer Engineering Major in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Tech landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Blacksburg, Virginia, this large public school handed out 177 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s general computer engineering students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Computer Engineering Major in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Christopher Newport University landed the #3 spot on the list. CNU is a small school located in Newport News, Virginia that handed out 18 bachelors’s general computer engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Virginia - Main Campus. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Computer Engineering Major in Virginia. University of Virginia - Main Campus is a public institution located in Charlottesville, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 59 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full University of Virginia General Computer Engineering Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Old Dominion University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Computer Engineering Major in Virginia. Located in Norfolk, Virginia, this large public school awarded 25 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s general computer engineering students in 2020-2021.
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George Mason University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Computer Engineering Major in Virginia list. Fairfax, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general computer engineering degrees to 40 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
With a ranking of #7, Hampton University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Computer Engineering Major in Virginia list. This small school is located in Hampton, Virginia, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s general computer engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Virginia Commonwealth University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Computer Engineering Major in Virginia ranking. VCU is a public institution located in Richmond, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 27 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%.
Liberty University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Computer Engineering Major in Virginia ranking. This large school is located in Lynchburg, Virginia, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s general computer engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
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