2022 Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest 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 Southwest 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 Southwest region, there were 119 general nuclear engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 28 general nuclear engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general nuclear engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general nuclear engineering programs and 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Nuclear Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas A&M University - College Station

College Station, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$22,743 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. This large school is located in College Station, Texas, and it awarded 16 masters’s general nuclear engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas A&M College Station, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Nuclear Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M College Station are $22,743, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Texas A&M College Station General Nuclear Engineering Report

#2

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#2 in overall quality

$19,890 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this large public school awarded 12 diplomas to qualified masters’s general nuclear engineering students in 2019-2020.

UNM also made our “Best General Nuclear Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNM are $19,890, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of New Mexico - Main Campus General Nuclear Engineering Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Nuclear Engineering (Income $30-$48k)

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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