A program that prepares individuals to apply mathematical and scientific principles to the design, development and operational evaluation of systems for controlling and manipulating nuclear energy, including nuclear power plant design, fission reactor design, fusion reactor design, reactor control and safety systems design, power transfer systems, containment vessels and structures design; and the analysis of related engineering problems such as fission and fusion processes, human and environmental factors, construction, and operational considerations.
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| Rank | School Name | Students | % of Total | Total On-Campus Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas A & M University-College Station | 86 | 1% | $29,506 |
| 2 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 79 | 1% | $31,510 |
| 3 | 78 | 1% | $36,652 | |
| 4 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 53 | 0% | $30,102 |
| 5 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 48 | 0% | $30,298 |
| 6 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 47 | 1% | $33,503 |
| 7 | University of California-Berkeley | 41 | 0% | $38,066 |
| 8 | 40 | 1% | $26,892 | |
| 9 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 39 | 0% | $26,025 |
| 10 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 38 | 1% | $22,440 |
| 11 | 36 | 0% | $23,977 | |
| 12 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 35 | 1% | $28,776 |
| 13 | United States Naval Academy | 30 | 3% | N/A |
| 14 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 28 | 0% | $22,822 |
| 15 | 23 | 1% | $21,548 | |
| 16 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23 | 0% | $22,639 |
| 17 | University of Florida | 22 | 0% | $21,211 |
| 18 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 21 | 1% | $70,240 |
| 19 | United States Military Academy | 20 | 2% | N/A |
| 20 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 19 | 1% | $71,998 |
| 21 | Air Force Institute of Technology-Graduate School of Engineering & Management | 9 | 2% | N/A |
| 22 | Colorado School of Mines | 6 | 0% | $35,498 |
| 23 | 6 | 0% | $27,367 | |
| 24 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 6 | 0% | $28,301 |
| 25 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 5 | 0% | $26,834 |
| 26 | 5 | 1% | $30,060 | |
| 27 | Pennsylvania State University-World Campus | 4 | 0% | $15,828 |
| 28 | 3 | 0% | $24,923 | |
| 29 | University of Utah | 3 | 0% | $24,472 |
| 30 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 2 | 0% | $26,766 |
| 31 | University of Idaho | 2 | 0% | $21,350 |
| 32 | 2 | 0% | $27,484 | |
| 33 | Arizona State University-Skysong | 2 | 0% | $27,521 |
This list indicates the number of students that completed the Nuclear Engineering program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.