2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Engineering in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

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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 Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general engineering program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Engineering in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

Northern Virginia Community College

Annandale, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$10,005 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Virginia Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Northern Virginia Community College is a large school located in Annandale, Virginia that handed out 183 associates’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Northern Virginia Community College also made our “Best General Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $10,005 for southeast region associate degree engineering students with aid per year to attend Northern Virginia Community College.

Full Northern Virginia Community College General Engineering Report

#2

Tidewater Community College

Norfolk, Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$8,408 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Tidewater Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Norfolk, Virginia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s engineering degrees to 99 students in 2019-2020.

Tidewater Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Tidewater Community College is $8,408 for southeast region associate degree engineering students with aid.

Read full report on General Engineering at Tidewater Community College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Engineering (With Aid)

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Rémi Kaupp.

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