2022 Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Virginia

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Virginia” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Systems Engineering is the 164th most popular major in the country with 3,604 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, systems engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $90,261 and had an average of $27,803 in loans still to pay off.

Across Virginia, there were 265 systems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $80,333 and $29,814 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 84 systems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Virginia” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in systems engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great systems engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the systems engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Virginia” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Virginia

The colleges and universities below are the best for virginia master’s degree systems engineering students.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Systems Engineering in Virginia

#1

University of Virginia - Main Campus

Charlottesville, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$32,394 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$99,404 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Virginia - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Virginia. This large school is located in Charlottesville, Virginia, and it awarded 50 masters’s systems engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Virginia also took the #1 spot in our “Best Systems Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Virginia - Main Campus are $32,394, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Systems Engineering at University of Virginia - Main Campus

#2

George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$37,410 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$106,421 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Mason University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Virginia. Fairfax, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s systems engineering degrees to 23 students in 2019-2020.

GMU also made our “Best Systems Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at GMU are $37,410, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full GMU Systems Engineering Report

#3

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia

#3 in overall quality

$30,547 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Tech landed the #3 spot on the list. Virginia Tech is a public institution located in Blacksburg, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 11 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Virginia Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Systems Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Virginia Tech are $30,547, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Virginia Tech Systems Engineering Report

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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.

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