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2023 Best Nuclear Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools

16 Colleges
$59,111 Avg Salary
$21,760 Avg Student Debt

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

In 2020-2021, 864 people earned a degree or certificate in nuclear engineering, making the major the #254 most popular in the United States.

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 Best Nuclear Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 16 schools in the United States to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Nuclear Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the United States

Check out the nuclear engineering bachelor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top 10 Best Nuclear Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Massachusetts Institute of Technology the best school in the United States for nuclear engineering students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus is a great place for nuclear engineering students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech 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 Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Nuclear Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a very large student population.

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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at University of California - Berkeley helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best nuclear engineering schools in the United States. UC Berkeley is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley.

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Out of the 16 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the # 5 spot on the list. UIUC is a very large public school located in the small city of Champaign.

After completing their Bachelor's Degree, nuclear engineering graduates from UIUC carry an average student debtload of $18,288.

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With a ranking of #6, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute did quite well on this year’s best schools for nuclear engineering students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of Troy, RPI is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

On average, nuclear engineering graduates from RPI take out $18,476 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

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#7

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

With a ranking of #7, Purdue University - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best schools for nuclear engineering students working on their bachelor’s degree. Purdue is a very large public school located in the city of West Lafayette.

The average amount in student loans that nuclear engineering majors at Purdue take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $18,952.

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With a ranking of #8, University of Wisconsin - Madison did quite well on this year’s best schools for nuclear engineering students working on their bachelor’s degree. UW - Madison is a fairly large public school located in the city of Madison.

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North Carolina State University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Nuclear Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. NC State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Raleigh.

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#10

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

University of Florida landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best bachelor’s degree nuclear engineering programs. UF is a fairly large public school located in the city of Gainesville.

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One of 40 majors within the area of study, nuclear engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Nuclear Engineering

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Electrical Engineering 28,844
Civil Engineering 21,388
Computer Engineering 17,987
Chemical Engineering 12,917

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 16 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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