General Engineering is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #96 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual looked at 8 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best General Engineering Schools in Virginia ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 720 degrees in general engineering to qualified students.
Your choice of general engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for general engineering schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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 General Engineering Schools in Virginia list to help you make the college decision.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the engineering degrees they offer, see the list below.
James Madison University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in general engineering. Located in the city of Harrisonburg, JMU is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #141 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means JMU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 67 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at JMU in the most recent data year.
Northern Virginia Community College is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in general engineering. Northern Virginia Community College is a very large public college located in the large suburb of Annandale. A Best Colleges rank of #205 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Northern Virginia Community College is a great college overall.
There were about 216 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at Northern Virginia Community College in the most recent data year.
Old Dominion University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in general engineering. Old Dominion is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Norfolk. A Best Colleges rank of #495 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Old Dominion is a great university overall.
There were approximately 137 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at Old Dominion in the most recent data year.
Virginia Western Community College is a good choice for students interested in a degree in general engineering. Virginia Western Community College is a medium-sized public college located in the city of Roanoke. This college ranks 45th out of 57 schools for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were roughly 27 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at Virginia Western Community College in the most recent data year.
VCU is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Richmond. A Best Colleges rank of #189 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means VCU is a great university overall.
There were about 24 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at VCU in the most recent data year.
Located in the midsize city of Norfolk, Tidewater Community College is a public college with a fairly large student population. This college ranks 32nd out of 57 colleges for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were approximately 76 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at Tidewater Community College in the most recent year we have data available.
Reynolds Community College is a moderately-sized public college located in the large suburb of Richmond. This college ranks 43rd out of 57 schools for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were roughly 22 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at Reynolds Community College in the most recent data year.
TNCC is a moderately-sized public college located in the suburb of Hampton. This college ranks 48th out of 57 schools for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were roughly 25 general engineering students who graduated with this degree at TNCC in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
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Your choice of general engineering school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for general engineering schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
