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2022 Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

5 Ranked Colleges
106 Degrees Awarded
$15,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast 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. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

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 Getting Aid” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general nuclear engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general nuclear engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general nuclear engineering 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 General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Nuclear Engineering in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida
#4 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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Florida landed the #1 spot on the list. UF is a large public school situated in Gainesville, Florida. It awarded 21 bachelors’s general nuclear engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UF did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best General Nuclear Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Florida is $6,302 for southeast region bachelor’s degree general nuclear engineering students with aid.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#2

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Raleigh, North Carolina, this large public school handed out 19 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general nuclear engineering students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NC State, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Nuclear Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for North Carolina State University is $16,458 for southeast region bachelor’s degree general nuclear engineering students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#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 Getting Aid. Atlanta, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general nuclear engineering degrees to 19 students 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 Tech is $14,739 for southeast 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 97%. The low student loan default rate of 1.3% 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%.

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#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 Getting Aid. UT Knoxville is a large public school situated in Knoxville, Tennessee. It awarded 43 bachelors’s general nuclear engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Knoxville not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best General Nuclear Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UT Knoxville is $18,825 for southeast region bachelor’s degree general nuclear engineering students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#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 Getting Aid. This small school is located in Orangeburg, South Carolina, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s general nuclear engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree general nuclear engineering students with aid list, South Carolina State University has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best General Nuclear Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend South Carolina State University is $20,795 for southeast region bachelor’s degree general nuclear engineering students with aid.

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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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