2022 Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

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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.

For this year’s “Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in nuclear engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality nuclear engineering programs that also have a lower cost than 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree nuclear engineering students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Nuclear Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region

#1

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#2 in overall quality

$19,890 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. UNM is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 masters’s nuclear engineering degrees to qualified students.

UNM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #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.

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#2

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 be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in College Station, Texas, this large public school awarded 16 degrees to qualified masters’s nuclear engineering 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.

Read more about Nuclear Engineering at Texas A&M College Station

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Nuclear Engineering (Income $75-$110k)

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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