by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Engineering Major in Virginia” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 2,901 people earned their degree in other engineering, making the major the 177th most popular in the United States. In , other engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $74,797 and had an average of $30,808 in loans still to pay off.
Across Virginia, there were 173 other engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $98,047 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 147 other engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,140 and $42,203 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Engineering Major in Virginia” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other engineering. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their other engineering program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Engineering Major in Virginia” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Engineering Major in Virginia”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Old Dominion University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Engineering Major in Virginia list. Old Dominion University is a large school located in Norfolk, Virginia that handed out 113 masters’s other engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Engineering Major in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Virginia - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Virginia is a public institution located in Charlottesville, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 16 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Commonwealth University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Engineering Major in Virginia list. This large school is located in Richmond, Virginia, and it awarded 17 masters’s other engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Engineering Major in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Tech landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Blacksburg, Virginia, and it awarded 1 masters’s other engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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