by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Nuclear Engineering Major in Idaho for a Doctorate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 864 people earned their degree in nuclear engineering, making the major the 253rd most popular in the United States. 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 Idaho, there were 25 nuclear engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 nuclear engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,320 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Nuclear Engineering Major in Idaho for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in nuclear engineering. To top this list, a school must have a successful nuclear engineering program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Nuclear Engineering Major in Idaho for a Doctorate” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Nuclear Engineering Major in Idaho for a Doctorate”.
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Nuclear Engineering Major in Idaho for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Idaho State University landed the #1 spot on the list. ISU is a fairly large school located in Pocatello, Idaho that handed out 4 doctorate’s nuclear engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Idaho. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Nuclear Engineering Major in Idaho for a Doctorate. Moscow, Idaho is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s nuclear engineering degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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