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2023 Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools in Tennessee

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$13,244 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$51,780 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Nuclear Engineering School for You

Nuclear Engineering is the #71 most popular major in Tennessee with 35 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools in Tennessee to help you in your search for the best school for you.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees 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

$13,244 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found The University of Tennessee - Knoxville to be the best value school for nuclear engineering students who want to pursue a degree in Tennessee. UT Knoxville is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Knoxville.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UT Knoxville are $13,244 a year.

UT Knoxville also took the #5 spot in our Best Nuclear Engineering Schools in Tennessee rankings.

Full Nuclear Engineering at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville 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
Virginia 5
Florida 7
Georgia 16
North Carolina 29
South Carolina 3

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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