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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Nuclear Engineering in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

4 Ranked Colleges
92 Degrees Awarded
$15,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 222 general nuclear engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 92 general nuclear engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 4 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 Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree general nuclear engineering students with aid.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Nuclear Engineering in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in Champaign, Illinois, and it awarded 30 bachelors’s general nuclear engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UIUC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Nuclear Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UIUC is $15,880 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree general nuclear engineering students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, 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 94%.

Full University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign General Nuclear Engineering Report

#2

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. West Lafayette, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general nuclear engineering degrees to 27 students in 2019-2020.

Purdue also made our “Best General Nuclear Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $13,986 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree general nuclear engineering students with aid per year to attend Purdue University - Main Campus.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Nuclear Engineering at Purdue University - Main Campus

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. UW - Madison is a large school located in Madison, Wisconsin that handed out 15 bachelors’s general nuclear engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UW - Madison not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best General Nuclear Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UW - Madison is $17,708 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree General Nuclear Engineering students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. The low student loan default rate of 0.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full UW - Madison General Nuclear Engineering Report

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a public institution located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The school has a large population, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

U-M also made our “Best General Nuclear Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $15,336 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree general nuclear engineering students with aid per year to attend U-M.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full U-M General Nuclear Engineering Report

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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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