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Best Nuclear Engineering Schools in Illinois

2023 Best Nuclear Engineering Schools in Illinois

1 College
$65,618 Avg Salary
$20,925 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Nuclear Engineering School for You

Nuclear Engineering is the #216 most popular major in Illinois with 39 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Nuclear Engineering Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 1 schools in Illinois to see which programs offered the best educational experiences for students.

View our full ranking methodology.

The following school tops our list of the Best Nuclear Engineering Colleges.

Best Nuclear Engineering School

Our 2023 rankings named University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign the best school in Illinois for nuclear engineering students. Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average amount in student loans that nuclear engineering majors at UIUC take out is $20,925.

Read full report on Nuclear Engineering at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Best Nuclear Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Nuclear Engineering Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 75
Ohio 18
Indiana 38
Wisconsin 39

Nuclear Engineering is one of 40 different types of programs to choose from.

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 values are for the top school 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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