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Most Popular Online Nuclear Engineering Schools

2023 Most Popular Online Nuclear Engineering Schools

5 Colleges
$59,111 Avg Salary
$22,196 Avg Student Debt

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Online Nuclear Engineering Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the United States to see which online programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for nuclear engineering majors pursuing an online .

Our analysis found Naval Postgraduate School to be the most popular school for nuclear engineering students who want to pursue an online degree in the United States. Located in the midsize suburb of Monterey, Naval Postgraduate School is a public school with a small student population.

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Out of the 5 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average amount in student loans that nuclear engineering majors at Texas A&M College Station take out is $22,004. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $217, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

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The excellent online programs at University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best nuclear engineering schools in the United States. Pitt is a very large public school located in the large city of Pittsburgh.

While working on their degree, nuclear engineering majors at Pitt accumulate an average of around $27,000 in student debt.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Air Force Institute of Technology - Graduate School of Engineering & Management. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Online Nuclear Engineering Schools list. Located in the large suburb of Wright-Patterson AFB, AFIT Graduate School of Engineering & Management is a public college with a small student population.

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The excellent online programs at Missouri University of Science and Technology helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best nuclear engineering schools in the United States. Missouri University of Science and Technology is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Rolla.

The average amount in student loans that nuclear engineering majors at Missouri University of Science and Technology take out is $23,670.

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New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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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 5 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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