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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Nuclear Engineering in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

6 Ranked Colleges
77 Degrees Awarded
$33,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that 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 Great Lakes region, there were 222 nuclear engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,500 and $22,309 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 77 nuclear engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in nuclear engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent nuclear engineering programs, but they also cost less that 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 the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree nuclear engineering students with aid.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Nuclear Engineering in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a public institution located in Champaign, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 22 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UIUC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Nuclear Engineering Master’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 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are $30,083.

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#2

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Purdue University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid. Purdue is a public institution located in West Lafayette, Indiana. The school has a large population, and it awarded 9 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Purdue did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Nuclear Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Purdue are $28,794, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. UW - Madison is a large school located in Madison, Wisconsin that handed out 11 masters’s nuclear engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UW - Madison not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Nuclear Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UW - Madison are $25,523.

Full University of Wisconsin - Madison Nuclear Engineering Report

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a public institution located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The school has a large population, and it awarded 18 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

U-M also made our “Best Nuclear Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor are $49,548, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio State University - Main Campus landed the #5 spot on the list. Ohio State University - Main Campus is located in Columbus, Ohio and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 masters’s nuclear engineering degrees to qualified students.

Ohio State also took the #5 spot in our “Best Nuclear Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Ohio State are $37,141, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Nuclear Engineering at Ohio State

With a ranking of #6, University of Cincinnati - Main Campus did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. University of Cincinnati - Main Campus is located in Cincinnati, Ohio and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 masters’s nuclear engineering degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UC, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Nuclear Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Cincinnati - Main Campus are $26,644, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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%.

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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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