2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k

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General Engineering is the 78th most popular major in the country with 11,925 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $66,152 and had an average of $20,077 in loans still to pay off.

Across Virginia, there were 756 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,667 and $15,177 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 459 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general 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 general engineering 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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Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in Virginia

#1

Northern Virginia Community College

Annandale, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$8,818 Average Net Price

$42,682 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Virginia Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k list. This large school is located in Annandale, Virginia, and it awarded 183 associates’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Northern Virginia Community College also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Engineering Associate Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Northern Virginia Community College is $8,818 for Virginia Associate Degree Engineering students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#2

Tidewater Community College

Norfolk, Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$7,814 Average Net Price

$26,353 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tidewater Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Engineering Schools for an Associate in Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k. Tidewater Community College is a fairly large school located in Norfolk, Virginia that handed out 99 associates’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Tidewater Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Engineering Associate Degree Schools in Virginia” list. The estimated yearly cost for Tidewater Community College is $7,814 for Virginia Associate Degree Engineering students whose families make $30-$48k.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $30-$48k)

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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