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

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2023 Most Popular Nuclear Engineering Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest 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.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

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 Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Southwest Region 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 Texas A&M University - College Station the most popular school in the Southwest Region for nuclear engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a very large student population.

Of the 25 students majoring in nuclear engineering at Texas A&M College Station, 72% are male and 28% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Nuclear Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. UNM is a very large public school located in the city of Albuquerque.

Of the 8 students majoring in nuclear engineering at UNM, 75% are male and 25% are female.

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Best Nuclear Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best nuclear engineering colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 101
New Mexico 21

One of 40 majors within the area of study, nuclear engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 2 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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