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2023 Best Value Engineering Schools in Virginia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$15,527 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$68,411 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Engineering School for You

Engineering is one of the most popular subjects to study in Virginia. With 1,286 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 8th out of all the majors we track in the state.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Engineering Schools in Virginia to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Virginia to see which programs offered the best value experiences for engineering students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Engineering Schools in Virginia

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for engineering majors pursuing a .

Best Virginia Schools for Affordable Quality in Engineering

#1

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA
$14,174 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Virginia Tech the best value school in Virginia for engineering students. Located in the city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public school with a very large student population.

Virginia Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $14,174 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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

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$19,785 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Virginia - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Schools in Virginia list. Located in the small suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public college with a very large student population.

University of Virginia undergraduate students pay an average of $19,785 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

University of Virginia also made our Best Engineering Schools in Virginia list, coming in at #1.

Read full report on Engineering at University of Virginia - Main Campus

#3

George Mason University

Fairfax, VA
$13,119 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means George Mason University is a great value for engineering students. Located in the suburb of Fairfax, GMU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at GMU are $13,119 per year.

GMU excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Engineering Schools in Virginia list.

Full Engineering at George Mason University Report

$15,028 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Virginia Commonwealth University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best engineering schools in Virginia. Located in the medium-sized city of Richmond, VCU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

VCU undergraduate students pay an average of $15,028 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University Report

Best Value Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Mississippi 178
Florida 2,629
North Carolina 1,668
Tennessee 508
Georgia 1,617
South Carolina 617
Louisiana 293
West Virginia 158
Kentucky 281
Arkansas 193
Alabama 914

Engineering Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252
General Engineering 3,548
Systems Engineering 3,068
Industrial Engineering 3,028
Chemical Engineering 2,662
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 2,375
Other Engineering 1,820
Materials Engineering 1,810
Operations Research 1,191
Electrical and Computer Engineering. 928
Environmental Engineering 919
Robotics Engineering 560
Engineering Science 451
Nuclear Engineering 437
Manufacturing Engineering 423
Petroleum Engineering 401
Agricultural Engineering 332
Construction Engineering 288
Engineering Physics 286
Architectural Engineering 243
Geoscience Engineering 173
Polymer & Plastics Engineering 167
Engineering Mechanics 144
Mining Engineering 132
Ocean Engineering 112
Textile Engineering 96
Biological Engineering 80
Energy Systems Engineering 79
Marine Engineering 44
Metallurgical Engineering 40
Biochemical Engineering 21
Ceramic Engineering 20
Electromechanical Engineering 16
Surveying Engineering 11
Paper Science & Engineering 7

Majors Similar to Engineering

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer & Information Sciences 60,971
Biological & Biomedical Sciences 28,851
Mathematics & Statistics 15,127
Physical Sciences 12,705
Engineering Technologies 7,672

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 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 Petty Officer 3rd Class Declan Barnes.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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