2022 Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 948 people earned their degree in general nuclear engineering, making the major the 430th most popular in the United States.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 99 general nuclear engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 33 general nuclear engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,319 and $48,880 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Nuclear Engineering in the Far Western US Region

#1

Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon

#2 in overall quality

$28,121 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oregon State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Oregon State University is a large school located in Corvallis, Oregon that handed out 13 masters’s general nuclear engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Oregon State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Nuclear Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Oregon State are $28,121, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Nuclear Engineering at Oregon State University

#2

University of California - Berkeley

Berkeley, California

#1 in overall quality

$29,347 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Berkeley. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region. UC Berkeley is a large public school situated in Berkeley, California. It awarded 20 masters’s general nuclear engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UC Berkeley also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Nuclear Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UC Berkeley are $29,347, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UC Berkeley 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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