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2022 Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k

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 $75-$110k

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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.

For this year’s “Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 6 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.

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 Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k

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 $75-$110k.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Nuclear Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in the Great Lakes Region

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a large public school situated in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It awarded 18 masters’s general nuclear engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

U-M also made our “Best General Nuclear Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor are $49,548.

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#2

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana
#4 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 $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. West Lafayette, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s general nuclear engineering degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

Purdue also made our “Best General Nuclear Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #4. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Purdue University - Main Campus are $28,794.

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#1 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 $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Champaign, Illinois, this large public school handed out 22 degrees to qualified masters’s general nuclear engineering students in 2019-2020.

UIUC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Nuclear Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are $30,083, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#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 $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #4 spot on the list. UW - Madison is located in Madison, Wisconsin and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 masters’s general nuclear engineering degrees to qualified students.

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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#5 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 $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio State University - Main Campus landed the #5 spot on the list. This large school is located in Columbus, Ohio, and it awarded 3 masters’s general nuclear engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Ohio State also made our “Best General Nuclear Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #5. Average graduate tuition and fees at Ohio State University - Main Campus are $37,141, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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University of Cincinnati - Main Campus landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. This large school is located in Cincinnati, Ohio, and it awarded 1 masters’s general nuclear engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

UC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 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 University of Cincinnati - Main Campus are $26,644.

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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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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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