by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nuclear Engineering Major in the Southeast Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Nuclear Engineering is the 253rd most popular major in the country with 864 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, nuclear engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $59,111 and had an average of $22,196 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southeast region, there were 167 nuclear engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $63,919 and $23,919 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 72 nuclear engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nuclear Engineering Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in nuclear engineering. That schools that top this list have a program in nuclear engineering in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nuclear Engineering Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree nuclear engineering students.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nuclear Engineering Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, South Carolina State University landed the #1 spot on the list. South Carolina State University is a public institution located in Orangeburg, South Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full South Carolina State University Nuclear Engineering Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nuclear Engineering Major in the Southeast Region list. UT Knoxville is a large school located in Knoxville, Tennessee that handed out 32 bachelors’s nuclear engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nuclear Engineering Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, this large public school handed out 16 degrees to qualified bachelors’s nuclear engineering students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus Nuclear Engineering Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Carolina State University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nuclear Engineering Major in the Southeast Region. NC State is a large school located in Raleigh, North Carolina that handed out 11 bachelors’s nuclear engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Florida. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nuclear Engineering Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Gainesville, Florida, this large public school awarded 9 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s nuclear engineering students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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