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2023 Best Nuclear Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

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Finding the Best Nuclear Engineering Master's Degree School for You

Nuclear Engineering is the #185 most popular major in the country with 437 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Nuclear Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Nuclear Engineering Master's Degree Colleges.

Top Southwest Region Schools for a Master's in Nuclear Engineering

Our 2023 rankings named Texas A&M University - College Station the best school in the Southwest Region for nuclear engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a very large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Nuclear Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. UNM is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Albuquerque.

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Best Nuclear Engineering Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 41
New Mexico 8

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 2 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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