2022 Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid” 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 Virginia, there were 8 nuclear engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 4 nuclear engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great 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 nuclear engineering program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Nuclear Engineering in Virginia (With Aid)

#1

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$30,547 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Tech. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Blacksburg, Virginia, this large public school awarded 4 degrees to qualified masters’s nuclear engineering students in 2019-2020.

Virginia Tech also took the #1 spot in our “Best Nuclear Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Virginia Tech are $30,547, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Nuclear Engineering at Virginia Tech

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Nuclear Engineering (With Aid)

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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