If you plan on getting your master's degree in general engineering, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #59 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Virginia to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of general engineering. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 111 master's degrees in general engineering during the 2022-2023 academic year.
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Average Early-Career Salaries
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
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 master's 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.
Student Debt - How easy is it for general engineering to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general engineering related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for general engineering students working on their master's degree.
The engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best General Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Virginia.
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Any student who is interested in a master's degree in general engineering needs to check out Old Dominion University. Located in the city of Norfolk, Old Dominion is a public university with a very large student population.
Students who graduate with their master's from the engineering program state that they receive average early career income of $88,224.
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).
by our College Data Analytics Team
