2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

General Engineering is the 78th most popular major in the country with 11,925 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $66,152 and had an average of $20,077 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 2,718 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $63,108 and $18,564 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 1,055 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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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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 Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region associate degree engineering students.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Engineering in the Southeast Region

#1

Northern Virginia Community College

Annandale, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$10,005 Average Net Price

$42,682 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Virginia Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region. This large school is located in Annandale, Virginia, and it awarded 183 associates’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Northern Virginia Community College also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $10,005 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Engineering students per year to attend Northern Virginia Community College.

Read full report on General Engineering at Northern Virginia Community College

#2

Wake Technical Community College

Raleigh, North Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$6,876 Average Net Price

$37,748 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Wake Technical Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Raleigh, North Carolina, this large public school handed out 124 degrees to qualified associates’s engineering students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Wake Technical Community College, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Wake Technical Community College is $6,876 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Engineering students.

Read full report on General Engineering at Wake Technical Community College

#3

Tidewater Community College

Norfolk, Virginia

#3 in overall quality

$8,408 Average Net Price

$26,353 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tidewater Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region list. Located in Norfolk, Virginia, this fairly large public school awarded 99 degrees to qualified associates’s engineering students in 2019-2020.

Tidewater Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best General Engineering Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $8,408 for southeast region associate degree engineering students per year to attend Tidewater Community College.

Read full report on General Engineering at Tidewater Community College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Engineering

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

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