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Finding the Best Nuclear Engineering Doctor'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 Doctor'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 22 schools in the United States to see which doctor'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 Doctor’s Degree Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best for nuclear engineering majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Top 10 Best Nuclear Engineering Doctor'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 doctor’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly 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 doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Out of the 22 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the midsize 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 doctor’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 midsize city of Berkeley.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend North Carolina State University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Nuclear Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools list. NC State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Raleigh.

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ranked #6 on this year’s Best Nuclear Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools list. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Champaign.

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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 doctor’s degree. Purdue is a very large public school located in the small city of West Lafayette.

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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree nuclear engineering programs. Located in the city of Troy, RPI is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

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University of Wisconsin - Madison came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Nuclear Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. UW - Madison is a fairly large public school located in the city of Madison.

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Colorado School of Mines landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree nuclear engineering programs. Mines is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Golden.

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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 22 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).
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