General Engineering is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #96 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best General Engineering Schools in Virginia ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 649 degrees in general engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of general engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for general engineering schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best General Engineering Schools in Virginia list to help you make the college decision.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the engineering degrees they offer, see the list below.
Old Dominion University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in general engineering. Old Dominion is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Norfolk. This university ranks 14th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were about 113 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at Old Dominion in the most recent year we have data available.
It's difficult to beat University of Virginia - Main Campus if you want to pursue a degree in general engineering. Located in the small suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #33 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means University of Virginia is a great university overall.
There were approximately 5 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at University of Virginia in the most recent year we have data available.
James Madison University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in general engineering. Located in the city of Harrisonburg, JMU is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #169 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means JMU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 76 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at JMU in the most recent year we have data available.
Virginia Commonwealth University is a wonderful decision for students interested in a degree in general engineering. VCU is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Richmond. This university ranks 7th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were roughly 13 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at VCU in the most recent year we have data available.
One of 2 majors within the General Engineering area of study, General Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.
Notes and References
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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Your choice of general engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for general engineering schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
