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Most Popular Nuclear Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

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2023 Most Popular Nuclear Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

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Finding the Best Nuclear Engineering Master'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. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Nuclear Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which master'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 master's degree.

Our 2023 rankings named Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute the most popular school in the Middle Atlantic Region for nuclear engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the small city of Troy, RPI is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

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Out of the 4 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus landed the # 2 spot on the list. Pitt is a very large public school located in the city of Pittsburgh.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at University of Maryland - College Park helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular nuclear engineering schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the large suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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University at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY

The in-demand master’s degree programs at University at Buffalo helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular nuclear engineering schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the large suburb of Buffalo, University at Buffalo is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Best Nuclear Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best nuclear engineering schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 67
New York 43
Maryland 8

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 4 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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