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2023 Best Value Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in West Virginia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$8,552 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$64,721 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Engineering Bachelor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, engineering students earned 990 degrees and certificates from a West Virginia school, making the subject the 8th in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

The Best Value Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in West Virginia ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in West Virginia to see which bachelor's degree 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.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in West Virginia

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Engineering Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Best West Virginia Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Engineering

#1

West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV

Our 2023 rankings named West Virginia University the best value school in West Virginia for engineering students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of Morgantown, WVU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WVU are $9,144 per year.

WVU also made our Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in West Virginia list, coming in at #4.

Read full report on Engineering at West Virginia University

#2

Marshall University

Huntington, WV

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Marshall University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering schools in West Virginia. Marshall University is a large public school located in the city of Huntington.

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

Read full report on Engineering at Marshall University

Best Value Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
North Carolina 5,126
South Carolina 2,318
Florida 9,040
Virginia 5,181
Arkansas 1,082
Mississippi 1,512
Louisiana 1,832
Alabama 3,927
Kentucky 1,343
Georgia 5,301
Tennessee 2,281

Engineering Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Electrical Engineering 28,844
Civil Engineering 21,388
Computer Engineering 17,987
Chemical Engineering 12,917
Biomedical Engineering 12,811
General Engineering 11,796
Industrial Engineering 9,072
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 8,001
Systems Engineering 3,904
Materials Engineering 3,415
Other Engineering 2,760
Environmental Engineering 2,759
Operations Research 1,698
Agricultural Engineering 1,472
Engineering Science 1,454
Electrical and Computer Engineering. 1,378
Petroleum Engineering 1,256
Robotics Engineering 1,243
Architectural Engineering 1,012
Engineering Physics 994
Manufacturing Engineering 947
Construction Engineering 878
Nuclear Engineering 864
Marine Engineering 445
Biological Engineering 410
Polymer & Plastics Engineering 360
Geoscience Engineering 325
Mining Engineering 314
Textile Engineering 310
Ocean Engineering 285
Engineering Mechanics 272
Metallurgical Engineering 179
Energy Systems Engineering 138
Biochemical Engineering 109
Ceramic Engineering 94
Surveying Engineering 73
Electromechanical Engineering 45
Forest Engineering 41
Paper Science & Engineering 27
Engineering Chemistry 13

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer & Information Sciences 254,454
Biological & Biomedical Sciences 177,778
Engineering Technologies 85,188
Mathematics & Statistics 52,396
Physical Sciences 50,306

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 Petty Officer 3rd Class Declan Barnes.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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