by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Virginia” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 11,796 people earned their degree in general engineering, making the major the 79th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, general engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $68,873 and had an average of $20,557 in loans still to pay off.
Across Virginia, there were 649 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,029 and $16,947 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.
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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 “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Virginia” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for virginia doctor’s degree engineering students.
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, Old Dominion University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Norfolk, Virginia, and it awarded 23 doctorate’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Virginia Commonwealth University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Virginia. Located in Richmond, Virginia, this large public school awarded 8 diplomas 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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