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2022 Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

6 Ranked Colleges
77 Degrees Awarded
$33,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 222 general nuclear engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 77 general nuclear engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in general nuclear engineering. 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general nuclear engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Nuclear Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Madison, Wisconsin, this large public school handed out 11 degrees to qualified masters’s general nuclear engineering students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UW - Madison, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best General Nuclear Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW - Madison are $25,523, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k. UIUC is a public institution located in Champaign, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 22 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UIUC also made our “Best General Nuclear Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UIUC are $30,083.

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#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k. This large school is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and it awarded 18 masters’s general nuclear engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

U-M did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Nuclear Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at U-M are $49,548.

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#4

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Purdue University - Main Campus is a public institution located in West Lafayette, Indiana. The school has a large population, and it awarded 9 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region master’s degree general nuclear engineering students whose families make $30-$48k list, Purdue has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best General Nuclear Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Purdue University - Main Campus are $28,794, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Columbus, Ohio, this large public school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s general nuclear engineering students in 2019-2020.

Ohio State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best General Nuclear Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Ohio State are $37,141.

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University of Cincinnati - Main Campus came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. University of Cincinnati - Main Campus is a large school located in Cincinnati, Ohio that handed out 1 masters’s general nuclear engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UC also took the #0 spot in our “Best General Nuclear Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Cincinnati - Main Campus are $26,644, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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%.

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  • *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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