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2023 Most Popular Nuclear Engineering Schools in Virginia

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Finding the Best Nuclear Engineering School for You

In 2020-2021, 5 degrees and certificates were awarded to nuclear engineering students who went to a Virginia college or university. This makes it the #252 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Nuclear Engineering Schools in Virginia to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 1 schools in Virginia 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 following school tops our list of the Most Popular Nuclear Engineering Colleges.

#1

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

Our analysis found Virginia Tech to be the most popular school for nuclear engineering students who want to pursue a degree in Virginia. Located in the small city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Full Nuclear Engineering at Virginia Tech Report

Best Nuclear Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Nuclear Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 32
North Carolina 40
Florida 16
Tennessee 67
South Carolina 7

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 values are for the top school 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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