by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nuclear Engineering Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2021-2022, 860 people earned their degree in nuclear engineering, making the major the 253rd most popular in the United States. In , nuclear engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $59,563 and had an average of $22,815 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southeast region, there were 189 nuclear engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $63,919 and $22,392 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 96 nuclear engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,436 and $23,790 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nuclear Engineering Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in nuclear engineering. That schools that top this list have a program in nuclear engineering in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nuclear Engineering Major in the Southeast Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Carolina State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nuclear Engineering Major in the Southeast Region list. South Carolina State University is a public institution located in Orangeburg, South Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
Read full report on Nuclear Engineering at South Carolina State University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nuclear Engineering Major in the Southeast Region. UT Knoxville is a large school located in Knoxville, Tennessee that handed out 42 bachelors’s nuclear engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nuclear Engineering Major in the Southeast Region. Atlanta, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s nuclear engineering degrees to 15 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.4% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nuclear Engineering Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina State University landed the #4 spot on the list. NC State is a large public school situated in Raleigh, North Carolina. It awarded 16 bachelors’s nuclear engineering degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
Full North Carolina State University Nuclear Engineering Report
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nuclear Engineering Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Florida landed the #5 spot on the list. Gainesville, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s nuclear engineering degrees to 12 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.
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