2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Nuclear Engineering Technology

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Nuclear Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 307 people earned their degree in nuclear engineering technology/technician, making the major the 652nd most popular in the United States.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 89 nuclear engineering technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Nuclear Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in nuclear engineering technology/technician. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent nuclear engineering technology/technician programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the nuclear engineering technology/technician program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Nuclear Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate

The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree nuclear engineering tech students.

Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Nuclear Engineering Technology

#1

Bismarck State College

Bismarck, North Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$9,420 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bismarck State College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Nuclear Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate. Bismarck, North Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s nuclear engineering tech degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

BSC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Nuclear Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Bismarck State College is $9,420 for Associate Degree Nuclear Engineering Tech students.

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#2

Onondaga Community College

Syracuse, New York

#2 in overall quality

$7,390 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Onondaga Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Nuclear Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate list. OCC is a medium-sized school located in Syracuse, New York that handed out 8 associates’s nuclear engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

OCC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Nuclear Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $7,390 for Associate Degree Nuclear Engineering Tech students per year to attend OCC.

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#3

Arkansas Tech University

Russellville, Arkansas

#4 in overall quality

$10,772 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arkansas Tech University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Nuclear Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate list. Located in Russellville, Arkansas, this fairly large public school handed out 24 degrees to qualified associates’s nuclear engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

ATU also took the #4 spot in our “Best Nuclear Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $10,772 for associate degree nuclear engineering tech students per year to attend Arkansas Tech University.

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#4

Idaho State University

Pocatello, Idaho

#3 in overall quality

$16,810 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Idaho State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Nuclear Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate list. This fairly large school is located in Pocatello, Idaho, and it awarded 10 associates’s nuclear engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

ISU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Nuclear Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $16,810 for associate degree nuclear engineering tech students per year to attend ISU.

Read more about Nuclear Engineering Technology at ISU

#5

Excelsior University

Albany, New York

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Nuclear Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Excelsior University landed the #5 spot on the list. Excelsior University is a large school located in Albany, New York that handed out 1 associates’s nuclear engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Excelsior University also made our “Best Nuclear Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #5.

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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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