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Most Popular Nuclear Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region

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2023 Most Popular Nuclear Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region

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Finding the Best Nuclear Engineering Doctor'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.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Most Popular Nuclear Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 1 schools in the New England Region to see which doctor'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 school below is the most popular for nuclear engineering majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Our 2023 rankings named Massachusetts Institute of Technology the most popular school in the New England Region for nuclear engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

About 23% of the students majoring in nuclear engineering at the school are women while 77% are male.

Full Nuclear Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology Report

Best Nuclear Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best nuclear engineering schools for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 22

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 values are for the top school 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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