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Most Popular Nuclear Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region

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2023 Most Popular Nuclear Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region

2 Colleges
$70,571 Avg Salary
$22,004 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.

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 Most Popular Nuclear Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Southwest Region 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for nuclear engineering majors pursuing a .

Our analysis found Texas A&M University - College Station to be the most popular school for nuclear engineering students who want to pursue a degree in the Southwest Region . Located in the medium-sized city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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The excellent programs at University of New Mexico - Main Campus helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best nuclear engineering schools in the Southwest Region . 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.

  • 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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