2024 Best Nuclear Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region
2Colleges in the Southwest Region
122Nuclear Engineering Degrees Awarded
$70,571Avg Early-Career Salary
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.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Nuclear Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 122 degrees in nuclear engineering to qualified students.
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Best Schools for Nuclear Engineering in the Southwest 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 Southwest Region Schools in Nuclear Engineering
Texas A&M University - College Station is a good option for students interested in a degree in nuclear engineering. Located in the medium-sized city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public university with a very large student population.
After graduation, nuclear engineering degree recipients typically make an average of $70,571 at the beginning of their careers.
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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