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2023 Best Value Nuclear Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$31,621 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Nuclear Engineering Graduate Certificate School for You

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

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Nuclear Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for nuclear engineering students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Nuclear Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Nuclear Engineering Graduate Certificate Colleges.

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

#1

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

Our analysis found Virginia Tech to be the best value school for nuclear engineering students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Southeast Region . Located in the small city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Virginia Tech graduate students pay an average of $31,443 in tuition and fees each year.

Virginia Tech not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Nuclear Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list.

Read full report on Nuclear Engineering at Virginia Tech

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is a great value for nuclear engineering students working on their graduate certificate. UT Knoxville is a fairly large public school located in the 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

Best Nuclear Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best nuclear engineering schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 32
Virginia 5
North Carolina 40
Florida 16
Tennessee 67
South Carolina 7

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

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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