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 “Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Virginia for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
General Engineering is the 96th most popular major in the country with 9,018 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Virginia, there were 649 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 86 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,799 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Virginia for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general engineering. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in general engineering.
Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Virginia for a Master’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Virginia for a Master’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Old Dominion University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Virginia for a Master’s list. Located in Norfolk, Virginia, this large public school handed out 81 diplomas to qualified masters’s engineering students in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Engineering at Old Dominion University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Commonwealth University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Virginia for a Master’s list. Virginia Commonwealth University is a public institution located in Richmond, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees 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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