2022 Best Vallue Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Vallue Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 9,411 people earned their degree in general engineering, making the major the 83rd most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 2,232 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 614 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Vallue Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Vallue Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income Over $110k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Northern Virginia Community College

Annandale, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$10,005 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Vallue Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Virginia Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Annandale, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s engineering degrees to 183 students in 2019-2020.

Northern Virginia Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $10,005 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Engineering students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Northern Virginia Community College.

Read more about General Engineering at Northern Virginia Community College

#2

Tidewater Community College

Norfolk, Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$8,408 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tidewater Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Vallue Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Tidewater Community College is a public institution located in Norfolk, Virginia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 99 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Tidewater Community College also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $8,408 for southeast region associate degree engineering students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Tidewater Community College.

Full Tidewater Community College General Engineering Report

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income Over $110k)

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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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