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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Nuclear Engineering in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)

2 Ranked Colleges
33 Degrees Awarded
$28,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master's in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

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

Across the Far Western US region, there were 99 general nuclear engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 33 general nuclear engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,319 and $48,880 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Nuclear Engineering in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Berkeley. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid list. UC Berkeley is a public institution located in Berkeley, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 20 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UC Berkeley not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Nuclear Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UC Berkeley are $29,347.

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#2

Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oregon State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value General Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid list. Corvallis, Oregon is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s general nuclear engineering degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

Oregon State also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Nuclear Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Oregon State are $28,121, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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