2024 Best Nuclear Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
3Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region
37Nuclear Engineering Degrees Awarded
Nuclear Engineering degree programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major ranks #253 out of the 395 majors we look at each year. This may make is a little harder to find a school that is a good fit for you.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to determine which ones were the best for nuclear engineering students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 37 degrees in nuclear engineering to qualified students.
The nuclear engineering program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Nuclear Engineering rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for nuclear engineering schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Nuclear Engineering Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Nuclear Engineering in the Rocky Mountains Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the nuclear engineering degree levels they offer.
Top Rocky Mountains Region Schools in Nuclear Engineering
It's difficult to beat Colorado School of Mines if you wish to pursue a degree in nuclear engineering. Located in the suburb of Golden, Mines is a public school with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #48 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Mines is a great school overall.
There were about 7 nuclear engineering students who graduated with this degree at Mines in the most recent year we have data available.
It's hard to beat University of Idaho if you want to pursue a degree in nuclear engineering. U of I is a large public university located in the distant town of Moscow. This university ranks 1st out of 10 schools for overall quality in the state of Idaho.
There were about 10 nuclear engineering students who graduated with this degree at U of I in the most recent year we have data available.
It's hard to beat Idaho State University if you want to pursue a degree in nuclear engineering. ISU is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Pocatello. This university ranks 5th out of 10 colleges for overall quality in the state of Idaho.
There were roughly 15 nuclear engineering students who graduated with this degree at ISU in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
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The nuclear engineering program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Nuclear Engineering rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for nuclear engineering schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
