by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Virginia” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 9,018 people earned their degree in general engineering, making the major the 96th most popular in the United States.
Across Virginia, there were 649 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 31 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,633 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Virginia” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general engineering. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general engineering.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Virginia” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for virginia doctor’s degree engineering students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Old Dominion University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Virginia. Norfolk, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s engineering degrees to 23 students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Commonwealth University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Richmond, Virginia, this large public school handed out 8 degrees to qualified doctorate’s engineering students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%.
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