by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CE Major in Virginia” ranking.
Computer Engineering is the 56th most popular major in the country with 17,987 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, computer engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $73,143 and had an average of $24,685 in loans still to pay off.
Across Virginia, there were 533 computer engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,793 and $28,822 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 379 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 CE Major in Virginia” ranking, we looked at 11 colleges that offer a degree in computer engineering. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their computer engineering program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CE Major in Virginia” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for virginia bachelor’s degree ce students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Virginia’s College at Wise. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CE Major in Virginia. Located in Wise, Virginia, this small public school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s CE students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Virginia State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CE Major in Virginia. Petersburg, Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s CE degrees to 15 students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Tech. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CE Major in Virginia list. Blacksburg, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s CE degrees to 177 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Christopher Newport University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CE Major in Virginia. This small school is located in Newport News, Virginia, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s CE degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Virginia - Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CE Major in Virginia list. University of Virginia is a large public school situated in Charlottesville, Virginia. It awarded 59 bachelors’s CE degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, 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 97%.
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Old Dominion University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CE Major in Virginia ranking. Norfolk, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s CE degrees to 25 students in 2020-2021.
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George Mason University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CE Major in Virginia ranking. This large school is located in Fairfax, Virginia, and it awarded 40 bachelors’s CE degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
Hampton University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CE Major in Virginia ranking. Hampton is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Hampton, Virginia. It awarded 3 bachelors’s CE degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #9, Virginia Commonwealth University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CE Major in Virginia list. Richmond, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s CE degrees to 27 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Liberty University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CE Major in Virginia ranking. Located in Lynchburg, Virginia, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 10 degrees to qualified bachelors’s CE students in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #11, DeVry University - Virginia did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on CE Major in Virginia list. DeVry University - Virginia is a small school located in Arlington, Virginia that handed out 0 bachelors’s CE degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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