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2022 Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region

6 Ranked Colleges
65 Degrees Awarded
$30,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master's in the Southeast Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 Southeast region, there were 231 general nuclear engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 65 general nuclear engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 6 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 Master’s in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree general nuclear engineering students.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Nuclear Engineering in the Southeast Region

#1

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Carolina State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. Located in Raleigh, North Carolina, this large public school handed out 15 diplomas to qualified masters’s general nuclear engineering students in 2019-2020.

NC State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Nuclear Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at NC State are $28,999.

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#2

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Tech. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. Located in Blacksburg, Virginia, this large public school awarded 4 degrees to qualified masters’s general nuclear engineering students in 2019-2020.

Virginia Tech also made our “Best General Nuclear Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #4. Average graduate tuition and fees at Virginia Tech are $30,547, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus is located in Atlanta, Georgia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 masters’s general nuclear engineering degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Georgia Tech, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Nuclear Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Georgia Tech are $31,334.

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#4

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Florida. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. UF is a large school located in Gainesville, Florida that handed out 4 masters’s general nuclear engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region master’s degree general nuclear engineering students list, UF has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best General Nuclear Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UF are $30,130, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2 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 #5 for the Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. Knoxville, Tennessee is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s general nuclear engineering degrees to 29 students in 2019-2020.

UT Knoxville did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Nuclear Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT Knoxville are $31,798, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#6

University of South Carolina - Columbia

Columbia, South Carolina
#6 in overall quality

University of South Carolina - Columbia came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region ranking. University of South Carolina - Columbia is a large public school situated in Columbia, South Carolina. It awarded 5 masters’s general nuclear engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UofSC, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best General Nuclear Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Carolina - Columbia are $30,160, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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%.

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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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