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2023 Best Value General Engineering Schools in West Virginia

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$8,552 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$52,929 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Engineering School for You

With 57 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, general engineering is the #36 most popular major in West Virginia.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value General Engineering Schools in West Virginia ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in West Virginia to see which ones offered the best value programs for engineering students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value General Engineering Schools in West Virginia

The following schools top our list of the Best Value General Engineering Colleges.

Best West Virginia Schools for Affordable Quality in General Engineering

#1

West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV

Our 2023 rankings named West Virginia University the best value school in West Virginia for general engineering students. WVU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Morgantown.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at WVU are $9,144 a year.

WVU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best General Engineering Schools in West Virginia list.

Read full report on General Engineering at West Virginia University

#2

Marshall University

Huntington, WV

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Marshall University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value General Engineering Schools in West Virginia list. Located in the city of Huntington, Marshall University is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Marshall University are $8,552 a year.

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Best Value General Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value General Engineering Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 117
Florida 13
Georgia 33
North Carolina 19
Tennessee 57
Louisiana 77
Alabama 222
Mississippi 47
Arkansas 117

General Engineering is one of 39 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Rémi Kaupp.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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