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Finding the Best Nuclear Engineering Master'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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Nuclear Engineering Master's Degree Schools ranking. This report analyzed 23 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs 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 Master’s Degree Schools in the United States

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

Top 10 Best Nuclear Engineering Master's Degree Schools

Our analysis found Massachusetts Institute of Technology to be the best school for nuclear engineering students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the United States. 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 master’s degree. Located in the city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Texas A&M University - College Station is a great place for nuclear engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the midsize 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 master’s degree programs at North Carolina State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best nuclear engineering schools in the United States. NC State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Raleigh.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Wisconsin - Madison is a great place for nuclear engineering students working on their master’s degree. UW - Madison is a very large public school located in the large city of Madison.

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for nuclear engineering students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the 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

Purdue University - Main Campus came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Nuclear Engineering Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Purdue is a fairly large public school located in the city of West Lafayette.

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With a ranking of #8, University of California - Berkeley did quite well on this year’s best schools for nuclear engineering students working on their master’s degree. UC Berkeley is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley.

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#9

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

Virginia Tech did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for nuclear engineering students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the small city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public college with a very large student population.

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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for nuclear engineering students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the small city of Troy, RPI is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

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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 23 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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