2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Mechanics in Virginia (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 257 people earned their degree in engineering mechanics, making the major the 298th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, engineering mechanics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $62,400 and had an average of $25,750 in loans still to pay off.

Across Virginia, there were 42 engineering mechanics graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,400 and $27,000 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 6 engineering mechanics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great engineering mechanics 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 engineering mechanics program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Mechanics in Virginia (With Aid)

#1

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$30,547 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Tech. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Mechanics Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Blacksburg, Virginia, this large public school handed out 6 degrees to qualified masters’s engineering mechanics students in 2019-2020.

Virginia Tech also took the #1 spot in our “Best Engineering Mechanics Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Virginia Tech are $30,547.

Read full report on Engineering Mechanics at Virginia Tech

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Mechanics (With Aid)

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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