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Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools in California

2023 Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools in California

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$14,226 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Nuclear Engineering School for You

In 2020-2021, 80 degrees and certificates were awarded to nuclear engineering students who went to a California college or university. This makes it the #229 most popular major in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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 California ranking.

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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Best Nuclear Engineering School

$14,226 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of California - Berkeley the best value school in California for nuclear engineering students. Located in the city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public school with a very large student population.

UC Berkeley undergraduate students pay an average of $14,226 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UC Berkeley did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Nuclear Engineering Schools in California list.

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Best Value Nuclear Engineering Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 0
Oregon 48

Nuclear Engineering is one of 40 different types of programs to choose from.

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 values are for the top school 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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