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2022 Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

5 Ranked Colleges
106 Degrees Awarded
$12,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

General Nuclear Engineering is the 430th most popular major in the country with 948 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 231 general nuclear engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 106 general nuclear engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in general nuclear engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general nuclear engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general nuclear engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree general nuclear engineering students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Nuclear Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region

#1

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Florida. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. University of Florida is a large public school situated in Gainesville, Florida. It awarded 21 bachelors’s general nuclear engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UF also took the #4 spot in our “Best General Nuclear Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UF is $4,069 for southeast region bachelor’s degree general nuclear engineering students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.

Full University of Florida General Nuclear Engineering Report

#2

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Raleigh, North Carolina, this large public school awarded 19 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s general nuclear engineering students in 2019-2020.

NC State also made our “Best General Nuclear Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $9,887 for southeast region bachelor’s degree general nuclear engineering students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend NC State.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full North Carolina State University General Nuclear Engineering Report

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k. This large school is located in Atlanta, Georgia, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s general nuclear engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Georgia Tech also made our “Best General Nuclear Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus is $11,454 for southeast region bachelor’s degree general nuclear engineering students whose families make $30-$48k.

With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Georgia Tech General Nuclear Engineering Report

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k. This large school is located in Knoxville, Tennessee, and it awarded 43 bachelors’s general nuclear engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Knoxville did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Nuclear Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $13,745 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree General Nuclear Engineering students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend UT Knoxville.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Nuclear Engineering at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

#5

South Carolina State University

Orangeburg, South Carolina
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Carolina State University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k. South Carolina State University is a small public school situated in Orangeburg, South Carolina. It awarded 4 bachelors’s general nuclear engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

South Carolina State University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best General Nuclear Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend South Carolina State University is $20,715 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree General Nuclear Engineering students whose families make $30-$48k.

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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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