2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Nuclear Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest 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 Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Nuclear Engineering is the 233rd most popular major in the country with 948 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, nuclear engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $61,244 and had an average of $23,833 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 119 nuclear engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,800 and $22,250 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 28 nuclear engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in nuclear engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great 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 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.

More Ways to Rank Nuclear Engineering Schools

The nuclear engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k”.

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Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Nuclear Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas A&M University - College Station

College Station, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$22,743 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$86,867 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. College Station, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s nuclear engineering degrees to 16 students in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best 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 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 Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. UNM is a large school located in Albuquerque, New Mexico that handed out 12 masters’s nuclear engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UNM not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Nuclear Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of New Mexico - Main Campus are $19,890, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Nuclear Engineering at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Nuclear Engineering (Income $48-$75k)

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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