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2023 Best Nuclear Engineering Schools

25 Colleges
$59,111 Avg Salary
$22,196 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Nuclear Engineering School for You

Nuclear Engineering is the #185 most popular major in the country with 437 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. 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 Nuclear Engineering Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 25 schools in the United States to see which programs offered the best educational experiences for students.

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2023 Best Nuclear Engineering Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best for nuclear engineering majors pursuing a .

Top 10 Best Nuclear Engineering Schools

Our analysis found Massachusetts Institute of Technology to be the best school for nuclear engineering students who want to pursue a degree in the United States. Located in the city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Nuclear Engineering Schools list. Located in the large city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Nuclear Engineering Schools list. Located in the city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a very large student population.

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The excellent programs at North Carolina State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best nuclear engineering schools in the United States. NC State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Raleigh.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of California - Berkeley. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Nuclear Engineering Schools list. UC Berkeley is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Berkeley.

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best nuclear engineering programs. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Champaign.

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Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

Purdue University - Main Campus came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Nuclear Engineering Schools ranking. Purdue is a very large public school located in the city of West Lafayette.

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University of Wisconsin - Madison came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Nuclear Engineering Schools ranking. UW - Madison is a fairly large public school located in the city of Madison.

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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best nuclear engineering programs. Located in the city of Troy, RPI is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

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University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Nuclear Engineering Schools ranking. Pitt is a very large public school located in the city of Pittsburgh.

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Nuclear Engineering by Region

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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 averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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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