2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in Virginia

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in Virginia” ranking.

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 Virginia, there were 756 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,667 and $15,177 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 459 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in Virginia” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general engineering programs and 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

More Ways to Rank General Engineering Schools

The engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in Virginia”.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in Virginia

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

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Engineering in Virginia

#1

Northern Virginia Community College

Annandale, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$10,005 Average Net Price

$42,682 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Virginia Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in Virginia list. Located in Annandale, Virginia, this large public school awarded 183 diplomas to qualified associates’s engineering students in 2019-2020.

Northern Virginia Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Engineering Associate Degree Schools in Virginia” list. The yearly cost to attend Northern Virginia Community College is $10,005 for virginia associate degree engineering students.

Read more about General Engineering at Northern Virginia Community College

#2

Tidewater Community College

Norfolk, Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$8,408 Average Net Price

$26,353 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Tidewater Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Norfolk, Virginia, and it awarded 99 associates’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Tidewater Community College also made our “Best General Engineering Associate Degree Schools in Virginia” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $8,408 for virginia associate degree engineering students per year to attend Tidewater Community College.

Read more about General Engineering at Tidewater Community College

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