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2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Nuclear Engineering in the Great Lakes Region

7 Ranked Colleges
70 Degrees Awarded
$34,900 Avg Cost*
Schools for a Master's Highly Focused on General Nuclear Engineering Major in the Great Lakes Region

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General Nuclear Engineering is the 468th most popular major in the country with 864 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 209 general nuclear engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 70 general nuclear engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,892 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Nuclear Engineering Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general nuclear engineering. That schools that top this list have a program in general nuclear engineering in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Nuclear Engineering Major in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Nuclear Engineering Major in the Great Lakes Region”.

Top 7 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Nuclear Engineering in the Great Lakes Region

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Air Force Institute of Technology - Graduate School of Engineering & Management. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Nuclear Engineering Major in the Great Lakes Region. AFIT Graduate School of Engineering & Management is a public institution located in Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 8 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Nuclear Engineering Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This large school is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and it awarded 32 masters’s general nuclear engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%.

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Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Nuclear Engineering Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Madison, Wisconsin, and it awarded 11 masters’s general nuclear engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Nuclear Engineering Major in the Great Lakes Region. Located in Champaign, Illinois, this large public school awarded 9 diplomas to qualified masters’s general nuclear engineering students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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Purdue University - Main Campus
West Lafayette, Indiana

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University - Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Nuclear Engineering Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in West Lafayette, Indiana, this large public school awarded 7 diplomas to qualified masters’s general nuclear engineering students in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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With a ranking of #6, Ohio State University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Nuclear Engineering Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Ohio State is a public institution located in Columbus, Ohio. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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University of Cincinnati - Main Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Nuclear Engineering Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This large school is located in Cincinnati, Ohio, and it awarded 0 masters’s general nuclear engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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