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2023 Best Value Nuclear Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$31,704 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Nuclear Engineering Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 864 people earned a degree or certificate in nuclear engineering, making the major the #254 most popular in the United States.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Nuclear Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the United States to see which graduate certificate 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.

2023 Best Value Nuclear Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States

Check out the nuclear engineering graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Nuclear Engineering

Our 2023 rankings named Texas A&M University - College Station the best value school in the United States for nuclear engineering students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the medium-sized city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas A&M College Station are $24,106 per year.

Texas A&M College Station also claimed a spot on our Best Nuclear Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools in this category.

Full Nuclear Engineering at Texas A&M University - College Station Report

#2

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Tech. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Nuclear Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Virginia Tech are $31,443 per year.

Virginia Tech excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Nuclear Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools list.

Read full report on Nuclear Engineering at Virginia Tech

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Nuclear Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools list. Pitt is a very large public school located in the large city of Pittsburgh.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Pitt are $42,024 a year.

Read full report on Nuclear Engineering at University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus

Out of the 5 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville landed the # 4 spot on the list. UT Knoxville is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Knoxville.

UT Knoxville graduate students pay an average of $31,798 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Nuclear Engineering at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville Report

#5

University of Idaho

Moscow, ID

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Idaho. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Nuclear Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the town of Moscow, U of I is a public school with a large student population.

U of I graduate students pay an average of $29,148 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Nuclear Engineering at University of Idaho

Nuclear Engineering by Region

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Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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 5 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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