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Most Popular Nuclear Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region

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2023 Most Popular Nuclear Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region

2 Colleges
$70,571 Avg Salary
$22,004 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Nuclear Engineering 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 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 the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Southwest Region 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 analysis found Texas A&M University - College Station to be the most popular school for nuclear engineering students who want to pursue a degree in the Southwest Region . Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a very large student population.

Nuclear Engineering majors at Texas A&M College Station take out an average of $22,004 in student loans while working on their egree. Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $217.

Full Nuclear Engineering at Texas A&M University - College Station Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Nuclear Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region list. UNM is a very large public school located in the large city of Albuquerque.

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Best Nuclear Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best nuclear engineering schools 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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