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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Nuclear Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in North Carolina

1 Ranked Colleges
15 Degrees Awarded
$29,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master's in North Carolina For Those Making $75-$110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking.

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 North Carolina, there were 57 nuclear engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $19,753 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 15 nuclear engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,088 and $45,388 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality nuclear engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the nuclear engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Nuclear Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in North Carolina

#1

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $75-$110k list. This large school is located in Raleigh, North Carolina, and it awarded 15 masters’s nuclear engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

NC State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Nuclear Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at North Carolina State University are $28,999.

Read more about Nuclear Engineering at NC State

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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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