2022 Best Value General Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Virginia

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value General Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Virginia” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 3,604 people earned their degree in general systems engineering, making the major the 212th most popular in the United States.

Across Virginia, there were 265 general systems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 84 general systems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Virginia” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in general systems engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general systems engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general systems engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 “Best Value General Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Virginia” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value General Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Virginia

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Virginia.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Systems Engineering in Virginia

#1

University of Virginia - Main Campus

Charlottesville, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$32,394 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Virginia - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value General Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Virginia. This large school is located in Charlottesville, Virginia, and it awarded 50 masters’s general systems engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Virginia also made our “Best General Systems Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Virginia are $32,394.

Read more about General Systems Engineering at University of Virginia

#2

George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$37,410 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Mason University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value General Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Virginia. George Mason University is a large school located in Fairfax, Virginia that handed out 23 masters’s general systems engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

GMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Systems Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at GMU are $37,410.

Read full report on General Systems Engineering at George Mason University

#3

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia

#3 in overall quality

$30,547 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value General Systems Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Tech landed the #3 spot on the list. Virginia Tech is a large public school situated in Blacksburg, Virginia. It awarded 11 masters’s general systems engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Virginia Tech, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best General Systems Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Virginia Tech are $30,547, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech

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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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