2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Nuclear Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Nuclear Engineering is the 430th most popular major in the country with 948 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 102 general nuclear engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 63 general nuclear engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general nuclear engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general nuclear engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree general nuclear engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Nuclear Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Troy, New York

#1 in overall quality

$22,662 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This medium-sized school is located in Troy, New York, and it awarded 30 bachelors’s general nuclear engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

RPI did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Nuclear Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is $22,662 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree general nuclear engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about General Nuclear Engineering at RPI

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Nuclear Engineering (Income $0-$30k)

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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