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2022 Best Value Nuclear Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k

4 Ranked Colleges
89 Degrees Awarded
$8,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Nuclear Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Nuclear Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 307 people earned their degree in nuclear engineering technology/technician, making the major the 652nd most popular in the United States.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 89 nuclear engineering technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Nuclear Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in nuclear engineering technology/technician. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality nuclear engineering technology/technician programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the nuclear engineering technology/technician program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Nuclear Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Nuclear Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 4 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Nuclear Engineering Technology (Income $0-$30k)

#1

Onondaga Community College

Syracuse, New York
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Onondaga Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Nuclear Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k. OCC is a medium-sized school located in Syracuse, New York that handed out 8 associates’s nuclear engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our associate degree nuclear engineering tech students whose families make $0-$30k list, OCC has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Nuclear Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $4,897 for associate degree nuclear engineering tech students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend OCC.

Full OCC Nuclear Engineering Technology Report

#2

Bismarck State College

Bismarck, North Dakota
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Nuclear Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Bismarck State College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Bismarck, North Dakota, this small public school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified associates’s nuclear engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

BSC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Nuclear Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $6,205 for Associate Degree Nuclear Engineering Tech students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Bismarck State College.

Full BSC Nuclear Engineering Technology Report

#3

Arkansas Tech University

Russellville, Arkansas
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arkansas Tech University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Nuclear Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k list. ATU is located in Russellville, Arkansas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 24 associates’s nuclear engineering tech degrees to qualified students.

ATU also made our “Best Nuclear Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend Arkansas Tech University is $9,842 for Associate Degree Nuclear Engineering Tech students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Nuclear Engineering Technology at Arkansas Tech University

#4

Idaho State University

Pocatello, Idaho
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Idaho State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Nuclear Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k. Pocatello, Idaho is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s nuclear engineering tech degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

ISU also made our “Best Nuclear Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $14,680 for associate degree nuclear engineering tech students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Idaho State University.

Read full report on Nuclear Engineering Technology at ISU

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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