2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Oregon for Nuclear Engineering for a Master’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$36,300
Avg Cost*
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Oregon for Nuclear Engineering for a Master’s” 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 Oregon, there were 48 nuclear engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,169 and $20,000 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great nuclear engineering programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the nuclear engineering program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Oregon for Nuclear Engineering for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Oregon for Nuclear Engineering for a Master’s”.
Top 1 Best Nuclear Engineering Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Oregon
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Oregon for Nuclear Engineering for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Oregon State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Corvallis, Oregon is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s nuclear engineering degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.
Oregon State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Nuclear Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list.Our most recent data shows that 1,559 of the 32,312 students enrolled at Oregon State University were GI Bill® students, of which 1,000 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,385. To help with additional expenses, 17 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, 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 85%.
Full Oregon State University Veteran Student Life Report
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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