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Most Popular Nuclear Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

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2023 Most Popular 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Nuclear Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones were the most popular master'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 Master's Degree Colleges.

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

Of the 25 students majoring in nuclear engineering at Texas A&M College Station, 72% are male and 28% are female.

Read full report on Nuclear Engineering at Texas A&M University - College Station

The in-demand master’s degree programs at University of New Mexico - Main Campus helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular nuclear engineering schools in the Southwest Region . UNM is a fairly large public school located in the city of Albuquerque.

Of the 8 students majoring in nuclear engineering at UNM, 75% are male and 25% are female.

Full Nuclear Engineering at University of New Mexico - Main Campus Report

Best Nuclear Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best nuclear engineering colleges 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.

  • 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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