When it comes to popularity, nuclear engineering technology sits in the middle of the road, ranking #789 out of 1506 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Nuclear Engineering Technology Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 220 degrees in nuclear engineering technology during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Nuclear Engineering Technology Schools list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Nuclear Engineering Technology in the United States
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 tech degree levels they offer.
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).