by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nuclear Engineering Major in the Far Western US 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 Far Western US region, there were 128 nuclear engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,169 and $20,000 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 37 nuclear engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,693 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nuclear Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in nuclear engineering. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their nuclear engineering program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region master’s degree nuclear engineering students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Naval Postgraduate School. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nuclear Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region. Monterey, California is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s nuclear engineering degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Berkeley. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nuclear Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region list. UC Berkeley is a public institution located in Berkeley, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 18 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nuclear Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oregon State University landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Corvallis, Oregon, and it awarded 10 masters’s nuclear engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nuclear Engineering Major in the Far Western US Region. Seattle, Washington is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s nuclear engineering degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% 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%.
Full University of Washington - Seattle Campus Nuclear Engineering Report
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