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 “Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Virginia for a Doctorate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
General Engineering is the 79th most popular major in the country with 11,796 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Virginia for a Doctorate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general engineering. To top this list, a school must have a successful general engineering program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Virginia for a Doctorate”.
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 Doctorate list. Norfolk, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s engineering degrees to 23 students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Engineering Major in Virginia for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Commonwealth University landed the #2 spot on the list. Virginia Commonwealth University is a large public school situated in Richmond, Virginia. It awarded 8 doctorate’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University
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