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2022 Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

5 Ranked Colleges
106 Degrees Awarded
$9,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region 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. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

Across the Southeast region, there were 231 general nuclear engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 106 general nuclear engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in general nuclear engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general nuclear engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general nuclear engineering program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

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

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Nuclear Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Florida landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Florida is a public institution located in Gainesville, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UF also took the #4 spot in our “Best General Nuclear Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Florida is $1,994 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree General Nuclear Engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Georgia Tech is a large school located in Atlanta, Georgia that handed out 19 bachelors’s general nuclear engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree general nuclear engineering students whose families make $0-$30k list, Georgia Tech has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best General Nuclear Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $9,162 for southeast region bachelor’s degree general nuclear engineering students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Georgia Tech.

The low student loan default rate of 1.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#3

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Raleigh, North Carolina, this large public school awarded 19 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s general nuclear engineering students in 2019-2020.

NC State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Nuclear Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for NC State is $7,285 for southeast region bachelor’s degree general nuclear engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. UT Knoxville is a large public school situated in Knoxville, Tennessee. It awarded 43 bachelors’s general nuclear engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UT Knoxville, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best General Nuclear Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UT Knoxville is $10,224 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree General Nuclear Engineering students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 4.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.

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

#5

South Carolina State University

Orangeburg, South Carolina
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Carolina State University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. South Carolina State University is located in Orangeburg, South Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s general nuclear engineering degrees to qualified students.

South Carolina State University also took the #5 spot in our “Best General Nuclear Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $19,630 for southeast region bachelor’s degree general nuclear engineering students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend South Carolina State University.

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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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