2023 Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
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.
There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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 Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value programs for nuclear engineering students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Nuclear Engineering
Our analysis found Purdue University - Main Campus to be the best value school for nuclear engineering students who want to pursue a degree in the Great Lakes Region . Purdue is a very large public school located in the small city of West Lafayette.
Purdue undergraduate students pay an average of $28,794 in tuition and fees each year. On average, nuclear engineering graduates from Purdue take out $19,500 in student loans while working on their degree.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Purdue also is in the top 5% of our Best Nuclear Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
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Out of the 5 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the # 2 spot on the list. UW - Madison is a very large public school located in the large city of Madison.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UW - Madison are $38,608 a year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UW - Madison also is in the top 5% of our Best Nuclear Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
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Out of the 5 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the # 3 spot on the list. UIUC is a very large public school located in the small city of Champaign.
UIUC undergraduate students pay an average of $37,632 in tuition and fees each year. After completing their degree, nuclear engineering graduates from UIUC carry an average student debtload of $20,925.
In addition to its great value ranking, UIUC is in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Nuclear Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Ohio State University - Main Campus is a great value for nuclear engineering students. Ohio State is a very large public school located in the large city of Columbus.
Ohio State undergraduate students pay an average of $35,019 in tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its great value ranking, Ohio State is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Nuclear Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
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Out of the 5 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the # 5 spot on the list. U-M is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at U-M are $55,097 per year. After completing their degree, nuclear engineering graduates from U-M carry an average student debtload of $22,000.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, U-M also did well on our Best Nuclear Engineering Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Michigan | 75 |
| Ohio | 18 |
| Illinois | 39 |
| Indiana | 38 |
| Wisconsin | 39 |
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Majors Related to Nuclear Engineering
One of 40 majors within the area of study, nuclear engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Majors Related 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).
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