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

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest 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 Southwest region, there were 119 general nuclear engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 28 general nuclear engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

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

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

#1

Texas A&M University - College Station

College Station, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$22,743 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. Texas A&M University - College Station is located in College Station, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 16 masters’s general nuclear engineering degrees to qualified students.

Texas A&M College Station did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Nuclear Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M University - College Station are $22,743.

Full Texas A&M University - College Station General Nuclear Engineering Report

#2

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#2 in overall quality

$19,890 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region. University of New Mexico - Main Campus is a large school located in Albuquerque, New Mexico that handed out 12 masters’s general nuclear engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UNM not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Nuclear Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of New Mexico - Main Campus are $19,890.

Read more about General Nuclear Engineering at UNM

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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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