2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Nuclear Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Nuclear Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2021-2022, 860 people earned their degree in general nuclear engineering, making the major the 468th most popular in the United States.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 120 general nuclear engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 18 general nuclear engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $63,038 and $47,245 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Nuclear Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general nuclear engineering. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their general nuclear engineering program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Nuclear Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region master’s degree general nuclear engineering students.
Top 4 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Nuclear Engineering in the Middle Atlantic Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Nuclear Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Troy, New York is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s general nuclear engineering degrees to 1 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on General Nuclear Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Nuclear Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this large public school handed out 3 degrees to qualified masters’s general nuclear engineering students in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus General Nuclear Engineering Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - College Park. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Nuclear Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. College Park, Maryland is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s general nuclear engineering degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full UMCP General Nuclear Engineering Report
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Nuclear Engineering Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University at Buffalo landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Buffalo, New York, this large public school awarded 0 degrees to qualified masters’s general nuclear engineering students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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%.
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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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- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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