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Most Popular Nuclear Engineering Schools in Massachusetts

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2023 Most Popular Nuclear Engineering Schools in Massachusetts

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Finding the Best Nuclear Engineering School for You

With 17 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, nuclear engineering is the #179 most popular major in Massachusetts.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Schools in Massachusetts ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Massachusetts to see which programs were the most popular 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 Colleges.

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

Read full report on Nuclear Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Worcester Polytechnic Institute. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Nuclear Engineering Schools in Massachusetts list. Located in the city of Worcester, WPI is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

Full Nuclear Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute Report

Best Nuclear Engineering Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Most Popular Nuclear Engineering Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded

Nuclear Engineering is one of 39 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Nuclear Engineering

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.

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