2025 Best General Engineering Associate Degree Schools in Virginia
5
Colleges in Virginia
463
Associate Degrees
General Engineering is of the hottest associate degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #54 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
College Factual looked at 5 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best General Engineering Associate Degree Schools in Virginia ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 463 associate degrees in general engineering to qualified students.
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Choosing a Great General Engineering School for Your Associate Degree
The engineering associate degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:
Overall Quality Is a Must
The overall quality of a associate degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
- Major Focus - How much a school focuses on general engineering students vs. other majors.
- Major Demand - How many other general engineering students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
- Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general engineering related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for general engineering students working on their associate degree.
More Ways to Rank General Engineering Schools
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best General Engineering Associate Degree Schools in Virginia ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.