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2023 Most Popular Nuclear Engineering Schools in New York

4 Colleges
$70,021 Avg Salary
$19,500 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Nuclear Engineering School for You

Nuclear Engineering is the #258 most popular major in New York with 43 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Nuclear Engineering Schools in New York ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in New York to see which 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 .

Our 2023 rankings named Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute the most popular school in New York for nuclear engineering students. Located in the city of Troy, RPI is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

The average amount in student loans that nuclear engineering majors at RPI take out is $19,500.

Read full report on Nuclear Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend United States Military Academy. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Nuclear Engineering Schools in New York list. West Point is a small public school located in the fringe town of West Point.

Read full report on Nuclear Engineering at United States Military Academy

#3

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University at Buffalo. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Nuclear Engineering Schools in New York list. Located in the suburb of Buffalo, University at Buffalo is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Read full report on Nuclear Engineering at University at Buffalo

#3

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Cornell University is a great place for nuclear engineering students. Cornell is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Ithaca.

Read full report on Nuclear Engineering at Cornell University

Best Nuclear Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular Nuclear Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 67
Maryland 8

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 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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