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2022 Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k

6 Ranked Colleges
53 Degrees Awarded
$33,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Great Lakes region, there were 222 nuclear engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,500 and $22,309 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 53 nuclear engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,428 and $121,375 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 6 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the nuclear engineering program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 6 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Nuclear Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, this large public school handed out 24 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s nuclear engineering students in 2019-2020.

U-M also took the #1 spot in our “Best Nuclear Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at U-M are $49,548.

Read full report on Nuclear Engineering at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

#2

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Purdue University - Main Campus is a large school located in West Lafayette, Indiana that handed out 2 doctorate’s nuclear engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Purdue, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Nuclear Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Purdue University - Main Campus are $28,794, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Purdue Nuclear Engineering Report

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #3 spot on the list. UIUC is a large school located in Champaign, Illinois that handed out 11 doctorate’s nuclear engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UIUC also made our “Best Nuclear Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are $30,083, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UIUC Nuclear Engineering Report

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in Madison, Wisconsin, this large public school handed out 8 degrees to qualified doctorate’s nuclear engineering students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region doctor’s degree nuclear engineering students whose families make $75-$110k list, UW - Madison has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Nuclear Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW - Madison are $25,523, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Nuclear Engineering at University of Wisconsin - Madison

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio State University - Main Campus landed the #5 spot on the list. Ohio State is a large public school situated in Columbus, Ohio. It awarded 3 doctorate’s nuclear engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Ohio State also made our “Best Nuclear Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #5. Average graduate tuition and fees at Ohio State University - Main Campus are $37,141, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Nuclear Engineering at Ohio State University - Main Campus

#6 in overall quality

University of Cincinnati - Main Campus came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. UC is a large school located in Cincinnati, Ohio that handed out 1 doctorate’s nuclear engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UC also made our “Best Nuclear Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #6. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UC are $26,644.

Full UC 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

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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