2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Nuclear Engineering in Pennsylvania

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 Pennsylvania, there were 31 nuclear engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,200 and $27,000 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 0 nuclear engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent nuclear engineering programs, but they also cost less that 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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania

The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania master’s degree nuclear engineering students.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Nuclear Engineering in Pennsylvania

#1

Pennsylvania State University - University Park

University Park, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$38,728 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$94,408 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pennsylvania State University - University Park. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania list.

Penn State University Park did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Nuclear Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Penn State University Park are $38,728, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Nuclear Engineering at Penn State University Park

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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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