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2023 Best Value Nuclear Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$16,522 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Nuclear Engineering Graduate Certificate School for You

Nuclear Engineering is the #180 most popular major in Virginia with 5 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Nuclear Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia ranking.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Check out the nuclear engineering graduate certificate programs at this school if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Nuclear Engineering Graduate Certificate School

#1

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

Our analysis found Virginia Tech to be the best value school for nuclear engineering students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Virginia. Virginia Tech is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Blacksburg.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Virginia Tech are $16,522 a year.

Virginia Tech also took the #2 spot in our Best Nuclear Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia rankings.

Full Nuclear Engineering at Virginia Tech Report

Best Value Nuclear Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Nuclear Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Florida 7
Georgia 16
North Carolina 29
Tennessee 35
South Carolina 3

One of 39 majors within the area of study, nuclear engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Nuclear Engineering

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252

Notes and References

*These values are for the top school only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Siemens Pressebild.

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