by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in Virginia” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Civil Engineering is the 50th most popular major in the country with 21,388 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, civil engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $63,364 and had an average of $24,364 in loans still to pay off.
Across Virginia, there were 616 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,430 and $24,744 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 450 civil engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,553 and $27,844 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in Virginia” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in civil engineering. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their civil engineering program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in Virginia” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in Virginia”.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Military Institute landed the #1 spot on the list. Virginia Military Institute is a small school located in Lexington, Virginia that handed out 52 bachelors’s civil eng degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Civil Eng 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 awarded 240 degrees to qualified bachelors’s civil eng 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Old Dominion University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in Virginia. This large school is located in Norfolk, Virginia, and it awarded 51 bachelors’s civil eng degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Civil Engineering at Old Dominion University
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, George Mason University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Fairfax, Virginia, this large public school awarded 73 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s civil eng students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Virginia - Main Campus. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Civil Eng Major in Virginia. University of Virginia is a large school located in Charlottesville, Virginia that handed out 34 bachelors’s civil eng 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full University of Virginia - Main Campus Civil Engineering Report
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