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2023 Most Popular Nuclear Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools

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$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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Nuclear Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 22 schools in the United States to see which bachelor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Nuclear Engineering program at each school on the list.

Check out the nuclear engineering bachelor's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the United States.

Our analysis found Texas A&M University - College Station to be the most popular school for nuclear engineering students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in the United States. Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a very large student population.

About 25% of the students majoring in nuclear engineering at the school are women while 75% are male.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is a great place for nuclear engineering students working on their bachelor’s degree. UT Knoxville is a fairly large public school located in the city of Knoxville.

Of the 32 students majoring in nuclear engineering at UT Knoxville, 72% are male and 28% are female.

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#3

Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR

The in-demand bachelor’s degree programs at Oregon State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular nuclear engineering schools in the United States. Oregon State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Corvallis.

Women make up 7% of the nuclear engineering majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri University of Science and Technology. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Nuclear Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. Missouri University of Science and Technology is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Rolla.

About 19% of the students majoring in nuclear engineering at the school are women while 81% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Nuclear Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Champaign.

Of the 23 students majoring in nuclear engineering at UIUC, 91% are male and 9% are female.

While working on their Bachelor's Degree, nuclear engineering majors at UIUC accumulate an average of around $18,288 in student debt.

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#5

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Purdue University - Main Campus is a great place for nuclear engineering students working on their bachelor’s degree. Purdue is a very large public school located in the city of West Lafayette.

Women make up 22% of the nuclear engineering majors at the school.

While working on their Bachelor's Degree, nuclear engineering majors at Purdue accumulate an average of around $18,952 in student debt.

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The in-demand bachelor’s degree programs at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular nuclear engineering schools in the United States. U-M is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor.

Of the 23 students majoring in nuclear engineering at U-M, 91% are male and 9% are female.

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University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular bachelor’s degree nuclear engineering programs. UW - Madison is a very large public school located in the city of Madison.

Women make up 14% of the nuclear engineering majors at the school.

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With a ranking of #9, United States Military Academy did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for nuclear engineering students working on their bachelor’s degree. West Point is a small public school located in the town of West Point.

About 20% of the students majoring in nuclear engineering at the school are women while 80% are male.

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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Nuclear Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the small city of Troy, RPI is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

Of the 18 students majoring in nuclear engineering at RPI, 83% are male and 17% are female.

After completing their Bachelor's Degree, nuclear engineering graduates from RPI carry an average student debt load of $18,476.

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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.

  • 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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