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2022 Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k

1 Ranked Colleges
6 Degrees Awarded
$58,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 948 people earned their degree in nuclear engineering, making the major the 233rd most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, nuclear engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $61,244 and had an average of $23,833 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 102 nuclear engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,767 and $27,000 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 nuclear engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,944 and $116,843 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality 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 nuclear engineering program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region doctor’s degree nuclear engineering students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Nuclear Engineering (Income $75-$110k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k. RPI is located in Troy, New York and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 doctorate’s nuclear engineering degrees to qualified students.

RPI also made our “Best Nuclear Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at RPI are $58,325.

Read full report on Nuclear Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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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%.

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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