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2023 Most Popular Nuclear Engineering Master's Degree Schools

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Finding the Best Nuclear Engineering Master'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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Nuclear Engineering Master's Degree Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 30 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular master's degree 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.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Nuclear Engineering Master's Degree Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Michigan - Ann Arbor the most popular school in the United States for nuclear engineering students working on their master’s degree. U-M is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor.

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

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Out of the 30 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 city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a very large student population.

Women make up 28% of the nuclear engineering majors at the school.

Full Nuclear Engineering at Texas A&M University - College Station Report

Out of the 30 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Berkeley landed the # 3 spot on the list. UC Berkeley is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Berkeley.

Of the 18 students majoring in nuclear engineering at UC Berkeley, 78% are male and 22% are female.

Read full report on Nuclear Engineering at University of California - Berkeley

Out of the 30 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville landed the # 4 spot on the list. UT Knoxville is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Knoxville.

Of the 16 students majoring in nuclear engineering at UT Knoxville, 81% are male and 19% are female.

Full Nuclear Engineering at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Nuclear Engineering Master’s Degree Schools list. NC State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Raleigh.

Women make up 13% of the nuclear engineering majors at the school.

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University of Wisconsin - Madison did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for nuclear engineering students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. UW - Madison is a very large public school located in the city of Madison.

About 18% of the students majoring in nuclear engineering at the school are women while 82% are male.

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#7

Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR

With a ranking of #7, Oregon State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for nuclear engineering students working on their master’s degree. Oregon State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Corvallis.

Full Nuclear Engineering at Oregon State University Report

Naval Postgraduate School landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree nuclear engineering programs. Located in the suburb of Monterey, Naval Postgraduate School is a public school with a small student population.

Women make up 33% of the nuclear engineering majors at the school.

Full Nuclear Engineering at Naval Postgraduate School Report

Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree nuclear engineering programs. Located in the city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for nuclear engineering students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. UIUC is a very large public school located in the small city of Champaign.

Read full report on Nuclear Engineering at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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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 25 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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