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Finding the Best Nuclear Engineering Graduate Certificate 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 Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. This report analyzed 12 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs 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 graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the United States.

Our 2023 rankings named Naval Postgraduate School the most popular school in the United States for nuclear engineering students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the midsize suburb of Monterey, Naval Postgraduate School is a public school with a small student population.

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

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Texas A&M University - College Station helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular nuclear engineering schools in the United States. Located in the medium-sized city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a very large student population.

Of the 6 students majoring in nuclear engineering at Texas A&M College Station, 67% are male and 33% are female.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular nuclear engineering schools in the United States. Pitt is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Pittsburgh.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is a great place for nuclear engineering students working on their graduate certificate. UT Knoxville is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Knoxville.

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#5

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Virginia Tech helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular nuclear engineering schools in the United States. Located in the small city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#5

University of Idaho

Moscow, ID

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Idaho. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Nuclear Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the distant town of Moscow, U of I is a public college with a large student population.

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Worcester Polytechnic Institute did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for nuclear engineering students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the city of Worcester, WPI is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

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Washington State University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Nuclear Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools list. Wazzu is a very large public school located in the town of Pullman.

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Missouri University of Science and Technology came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Nuclear Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Missouri University of Science and Technology is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Rolla.

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University of Akron Main Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Nuclear Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools list. University of Akron Main Campus is a large public school located in the medium-sized city of Akron.

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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 12 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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