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Most Popular Nuclear Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

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2023 Most Popular Nuclear Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

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Finding the Best Nuclear Engineering Doctor'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.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Most Popular Nuclear Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which ones were the most popular doctor's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Nuclear Engineering program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Nuclear Engineering Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute the most popular school in the Middle Atlantic Region for nuclear engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the small city of Troy, RPI is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

About 67% of the students majoring in nuclear engineering at the school are women while 33% are male.

Full Nuclear Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Report

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at University of Maryland - College Park helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular nuclear engineering schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the large suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public college with a very large student population.

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#2

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cornell University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Nuclear Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Cornell is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Ithaca.

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Best Nuclear Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best nuclear engineering colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 5
Pennsylvania 21
Maryland 0

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 3 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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