2023 Most Focused Colleges for General Nuclear Engineering in California
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$44,200
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools Highly Focused on General Nuclear Engineering Major in California” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 864 people earned their degree in general nuclear engineering, making the major the 468th most popular in the United States.
Across California, there were 80 general nuclear engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on General Nuclear Engineering Major in California” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general nuclear engineering. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general nuclear engineering.
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Schools Highly Focused on General Nuclear Engineering Major in California
The colleges and universities below are the best for california general nuclear engineering students.
Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for General Nuclear Engineering in California
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on General Nuclear Engineering Major in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Naval Postgraduate School landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Monterey, California, and it awarded 35 ’s general nuclear engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Nuclear Engineering at Naval Postgraduate School
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on General Nuclear Engineering Major in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Berkeley landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Berkeley, California, and it awarded 45 ’s general nuclear engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%.
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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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