You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. RPI is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Troy, New York. It awarded 23 ’s nuclear engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
RPI also made our “Best Nuclear Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $20,738 for middle atlantic region nuclear engineering students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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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