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2023 Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$31,998 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$63,919 Avg Salary

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.

2023 Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for nuclear engineering majors pursuing a .

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 city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Georgia Tech are $33,964 per 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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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means North Carolina State University is a great value for nuclear engineering students. NC State is a very large public school located in the city of Raleigh.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at NC State are $29,916 a year. Nuclear Engineering majors at NC State take out an average of $22,819 in student loans while working on their egree.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, NC State 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.

Full Nuclear Engineering at North Carolina State University Report

#3

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Florida. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region list. UF is a very large public school located in the city of Gainesville.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UF are $28,659 a year.

UF 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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#4

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Virginia Tech. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the small city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public college with a very 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 medium-sized city of Columbia, UofSC is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UofSC are $33,928 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UofSC is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Nuclear Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region list.

Full Nuclear Engineering at University of South Carolina - Columbia Report

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value nuclear engineering programs. UT Knoxville is a fairly 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.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UT Knoxville also is in the top 10% of our Best Nuclear Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region ranking.

Read full report on Nuclear Engineering at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

Best Nuclear Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best nuclear engineering colleges 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

More Nuclear Engineering Rankings in the Southeast Region

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 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Siemens Pressebild.

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