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2022 Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

6 Ranked Colleges
54 Degrees Awarded
$30,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

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 Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 948 people earned their degree in nuclear engineering, making the major the 233rd most popular in the United States. 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 Southeast region, there were 231 nuclear engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $63,733 and $21,632 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 54 nuclear engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered 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.

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 Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 6 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Nuclear Engineering in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#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 Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Raleigh, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s nuclear engineering degrees to 23 students in 2019-2020.

NC State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Nuclear Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at NC State are $28,999, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Nuclear Engineering at North Carolina State University

#2

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Florida. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. University of Florida is a large public school situated in Gainesville, Florida. It awarded 5 doctorate’s nuclear engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UF not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Nuclear Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Florida are $30,130.

Read full report on Nuclear Engineering at UF

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in Atlanta, Georgia, and it awarded 6 doctorate’s nuclear engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Georgia Tech also made our “Best Nuclear Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus are $31,334.

Full Georgia Tech Nuclear Engineering Report

#4

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Tech. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in Blacksburg, Virginia, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s nuclear engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region doctor’s degree nuclear engineering students with aid list, Virginia Tech has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Nuclear Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Virginia Tech are $30,547, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Virginia Tech Nuclear Engineering Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is a large school located in Knoxville, Tennessee that handed out 16 doctorate’s nuclear engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Knoxville not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Nuclear Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UT Knoxville are $31,798.

Full The University of Tennessee - Knoxville Nuclear Engineering Report

#6

University of South Carolina - Columbia

Columbia, South Carolina
#5 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, University of South Carolina - Columbia did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. UofSC is located in Columbia, South Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 doctorate’s nuclear engineering degrees to qualified students.

UofSC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Nuclear Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Carolina - Columbia are $30,160.

Read more about Nuclear Engineering at University of South Carolina - Columbia

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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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