2023 Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools in the Southeast 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.
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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in the Southeast 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.
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.
Best Southeast Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Nuclear Engineering
Our analysis found Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus to be the best value school for nuclear engineering students who want to pursue a degree in the Southeast Region . Located in the large city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Georgia Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $33,964 in tuition and fees each year. On average, nuclear engineering graduates from Georgia Tech take out $25,938 in student loans while working on their degree.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Georgia Tech is ranked #2 for overall quality for nuclear engineering in the Southeast Region .
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The excellent programs at North Carolina State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best nuclear engineering schools in the Southeast Region . NC State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Raleigh.
NC State undergraduate students pay an average of $29,916 in tuition and fees each year. Nuclear Engineering majors at NC State take out an average of $22,819 in student loans while working on their egree.
NC State excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Nuclear Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region list.
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The excellent programs at University of Florida helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best nuclear engineering schools in the Southeast Region . UF is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville.
UF undergraduate students pay an average of $28,659 in tuition and fees each year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UF also is in the top 5% of our Best Nuclear Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region ranking.
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The excellent programs at Virginia Tech helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best nuclear engineering schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the small city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Virginia Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $33,857 in tuition and fees each year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Virginia Tech also did well on our Best Nuclear Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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Out of the 6 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Carolina - Columbia landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Columbia, UofSC is a public college with a very large student population.
UofSC undergraduate students pay an average of $33,928 in tuition and fees each year.
UofSC excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Nuclear Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region list.
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The University of Tennessee - Knoxville ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region list. UT Knoxville is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Knoxville.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UT Knoxville are $31,664 per year. On average, nuclear engineering graduates from UT Knoxville take out $23,000 in student loans while working on their degree.
In addition to its great value ranking, UT Knoxville is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Nuclear Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region list.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Georgia | 32 |
| Virginia | 5 |
| North Carolina | 40 |
| Florida | 16 |
| Tennessee | 67 |
| South Carolina | 7 |
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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 Related Majors
| 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 6 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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