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Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Region

2023 Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$37,780 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$47,169 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Nuclear Engineering School for You

Nuclear Engineering is the #254 most popular major in the country with 864 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which programs offered the best value experiences for nuclear engineering students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Best Far Western US Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Nuclear Engineering

Our 2023 rankings named University of California - Berkeley the best value school in the Far Western US Region for nuclear engineering students. UC Berkeley is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Berkeley.

UC Berkeley undergraduate students pay an average of $43,980 in tuition and fees each year.

UC Berkeley not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Nuclear Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Region list.

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#2

Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR
$31,579 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oregon State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Oregon State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Corvallis.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Oregon State are $31,579 a year. Nuclear Engineering majors at Oregon State take out an average of $20,000 in student loans while working on their egree.

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Best Nuclear Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best nuclear engineering colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 80
Washington 0
Oregon 48

One of 40 majors within the area of study, nuclear engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Nuclear Engineering

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Electrical Engineering 28,844
Civil Engineering 21,388
Computer Engineering 17,987
Chemical Engineering 12,917

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Siemens Pressebild.

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