2023 Most Popular Nuclear Engineering Master's Degree Schools
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.
2023 Most Popular Nuclear Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the United States
The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Nuclear Engineering Master's Degree Colleges.
Top 10 Most Popular Nuclear Engineering Master's Degree Schools
Our analysis found University of Michigan - Ann Arbor to be the most popular school for nuclear engineering students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the United States. 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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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Nuclear Engineering Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a very large student population.
Women make up 28% of the nuclear engineering majors at the school.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Berkeley. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Nuclear Engineering Master’s Degree Schools list. UC Berkeley is a very 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.
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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.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means North Carolina State University is a great place for nuclear engineering students working on their master’s degree. NC State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Raleigh.
Women make up 13% of the nuclear engineering majors at the school.
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University of Wisconsin - Madison came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Nuclear Engineering Master’s Degree Schools ranking. UW - Madison is a very large public school located in the large 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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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 small city of Corvallis.
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Naval Postgraduate School ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Nuclear Engineering Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the midsize 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.
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Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Nuclear Engineering Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large 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 landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree nuclear engineering programs. UIUC is a very large public school located in the city of Champaign.
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Majors Related to Nuclear Engineering
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.