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2023 Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

6 Colleges
$31,998 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$63,919 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Nuclear Engineering School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, nuclear engineering was ranked #185 in the country. In fact 437 degrees and certificates were handed out 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the Southeast Region to see which programs offered the best value experiences for nuclear engineering students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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.

2023 Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Nuclear Engineering Colleges.

Best Southeast Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Nuclear Engineering

Our 2023 rankings named Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus the best value school in the Southeast Region for nuclear engineering students. Georgia Tech is a fairly large public school located in the city of Atlanta.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Georgia Tech are $33,964 per year.

Georgia Tech also took the #2 spot in our Best Nuclear Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region rankings.

Full Nuclear Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Raleigh, NC State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at NC State are $29,916 a year.

NC State excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Nuclear Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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#3

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Tech. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region list. Virginia Tech is a very large public school located in the city of Blacksburg.

Virginia Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $33,857 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Virginia Tech is in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Nuclear Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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#4

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

The excellent programs at University of Florida helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best nuclear engineering schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the midsize city of Gainesville, UF is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UF are $28,659 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UF is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Nuclear Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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Out of the 6 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Knoxville, UT Knoxville is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UT Knoxville are $31,664 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UT Knoxville also is in the top 15% of our Best Nuclear Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region ranking.

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With a ranking of #6, University of South Carolina - Columbia did quite well on this year’s best value schools for nuclear engineering students. UofSC is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Columbia.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UofSC are $33,928 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UofSC also is in the top 20% of our Best Nuclear Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region ranking.

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Best Nuclear Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best nuclear engineering schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 5
Florida 7
Georgia 16
North Carolina 29
Tennessee 35
South Carolina 3

More Nuclear Engineering Rankings in the Southeast Region

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 averages are for the top 6 schools 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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