You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #1 on our 2024 Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools in Illinois list. Champaign, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s nuclear engineering degrees to 39 students in 2020-2021.
UIUC also made our “Best Nuclear Engineering Schools in Illinois” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $14,321 for Illinois Nuclear Engineering students per year to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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%.