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2023 Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools in Colorado

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$19,538 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Nuclear Engineering School for You

In 2020-2021, 7 degrees and certificates were awarded to nuclear engineering students who went to a Colorado college or university. This makes it the #152 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

The Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools in Colorado ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

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

Best Nuclear Engineering School

$19,538 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Colorado School of Mines the best value school in Colorado for nuclear engineering students. Mines is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Golden.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Mines are $19,538 a year.

Mines also took the #1 spot in our Best Nuclear Engineering Schools in Colorado rankings.

Read full report on Nuclear Engineering at Colorado School of Mines

Best Value Nuclear Engineering Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Utah 5
Idaho 15

Nuclear Engineering is one of 39 different types of programs to choose from.

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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