2022 Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Michigan

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 Bachelor’s in Michigan” 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 Michigan, there were 62 nuclear engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $19,230 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 20 nuclear engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,161 and $25,915 respectively.

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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The nuclear engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Michigan”.

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Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Michigan

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Michigan.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Nuclear Engineering in Michigan

#1

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$15,336 Average Net Price

$47,327 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, this large public school handed out 20 degrees to qualified bachelors’s nuclear engineering students in 2019-2020.

U-M also took the #1 spot in our “Best Nuclear Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for U-M is $15,336 for Michigan Bachelor’s Degree Nuclear Engineering students.

The low student loan default rate of 1.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Nuclear Engineering at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

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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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