2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Nuclear Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in Illinois

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 948 people earned their degree in general nuclear engineering, making the major the 430th most popular in the United States.

Across Illinois, there were 63 general nuclear engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 30 general nuclear engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,319 and $24,183 respectively.

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 Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Nuclear Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in Illinois

#1

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$13,351 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #1 spot on the list. UIUC is a large public school situated in Champaign, Illinois. It awarded 30 bachelors’s general nuclear engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UIUC also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Nuclear Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UIUC is $13,351 for Illinois Bachelor’s Degree General Nuclear Engineering students whose families make $48-$75k.

The low student loan default rate of 2.4% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on General Nuclear Engineering at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Nuclear Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Nuclear Engineering (Income $48-$75k)

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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