2023 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Computer Engineering in Virginia

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 “Most Well Attended CE Major in Virginia for a Doctorate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 11 computer engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,633 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended CE Major in Virginia for a Doctorate” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in computer engineering. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in computer engineering.

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Most Well Attended CE Major in Virginia for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for virginia doctor’s degree ce students.

Top 2 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Computer Engineering in Virginia

1

Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, Virginia

#2 overall quality in Virginia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Tech. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended CE Major in Virginia for a Doctorate list. Virginia Tech is a large school located in Blacksburg, Virginia that handed out 9 doctorate’s CE degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. 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%.

Read more about Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech

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University of Virginia - Main Campus
Charlottesville, Virginia

#1 overall quality in Virginia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Virginia - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended CE Major in Virginia for a Doctorate. This large school is located in Charlottesville, Virginia, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s CE degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.

Full University of Virginia Computer Engineering Report

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.