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Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools in New York

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2023 Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools in New York

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$58,526 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$70,021 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Nuclear Engineering School for You

Nuclear Engineering is the #258 most popular major in New York with 43 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. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools in New York ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision.

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.

Check out the nuclear engineering programs at this school if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Nuclear Engineering School

$58,526 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to be the best value school for nuclear engineering students who want to pursue a degree in New York. Located in the small city of Troy, RPI is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at RPI are $58,526 a year. While working on their degree, nuclear engineering majors at RPI accumulate an average of around $19,500 in student debt.

In addition to its great value ranking, RPI is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Nuclear Engineering Schools in New York list.

Read full report on Nuclear Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Best Value Nuclear Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Nuclear Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 67
Maryland 8

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 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.

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