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2023 Most Popular Nuclear Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

5 Colleges
$59,111 Avg Salary
$21,760 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Nuclear Engineering Bachelor's Degree School for You

Nuclear Engineering is the #254 most popular major in the country with 864 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Nuclear Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the Southeast Region 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.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for nuclear engineering majors pursuing a bachelor's degree.

Our analysis found The University of Tennessee - Knoxville to be the most popular school for nuclear engineering students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in the Southeast Region . UT Knoxville is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Knoxville.

About 28% of the students majoring in nuclear engineering at the school are women while 72% are male.

Full Nuclear Engineering at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Nuclear Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 19% of the nuclear engineering majors at the school.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means North Carolina State University is a great place for nuclear engineering students working on their bachelor’s degree. NC State is a very large public school located in the large city of Raleigh.

Of the 11 students majoring in nuclear engineering at NC State, 91% are male and 9% are female.

Full Nuclear Engineering at North Carolina State University Report

#4

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Florida. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Nuclear Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. UF is a very large public school located in the city of Gainesville.

About 33% of the students majoring in nuclear engineering at the school are women while 67% are male.

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The in-demand bachelor’s degree programs at South Carolina State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular nuclear engineering schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the distant town of Orangeburg, South Carolina State University is a public school with a small student population.

Women make up 50% of the nuclear engineering majors at the school.

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Best Nuclear Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best nuclear engineering colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 32
Virginia 5
North Carolina 40
Florida 16
Tennessee 67
South Carolina 7

One of 40 majors within the area of study, nuclear engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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