2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for General Engineering in Virginia

General Engineering is of the hottest doctor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #60 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Virginia to determine which ones were the most popular for general engineering students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 45 doctor's degrees in general engineering during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. Plus, you can view our other rankings for general engineering.

Most Popular Schools for Doctorate Students to Study General Engineering in Virginia

Explore the most popular colleges and universities for general engineering students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Most Well Attended Schools for Engineering Students Working on Their Doctorate

1

Old Dominion University
Norfolk, VA

34 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In VA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Any student who is interested in a doctor's degree in general engineering needs to take a look at Old Dominion University. Old Dominion is a very large public university located in the city of Norfolk. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in general engineering in Virginia. More information about a doctorate in general engineering from Old Dominion University

2

Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA

11 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In VA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Virginia Commonwealth University is a popular option for students interested in a doctor's degree in general engineering. VCU is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Richmond. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for doctor's degrees in general engineering in Virginia. More information about a doctorate in general engineering from Virginia Commonwealth University

Best General Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular General Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	219	0
Georgia	190	8
Tennessee	142	22
Louisiana	140	16
Mississippi	96	26
Arkansas	73	40
West Virginia	59	28

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General Engineering Related Rankings by Major

One of 2 majors within the General Engineering area of study, General Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Rémi Kaupp. More about our data sources and methodologies.