by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Nuclear Engineering Major” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 864 people earned their degree in general nuclear engineering, making the major the 468th most popular in the United States.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 409 general nuclear engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Nuclear Engineering Major” ranking, we looked at 22 colleges that offer a degree in general nuclear engineering. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their general nuclear engineering program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Nuclear Engineering Major”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend United States Military Academy. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Nuclear Engineering Major list. United States Military Academy is a small school located in West Point, New York that handed out 20 bachelors’s general nuclear engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Nuclear Engineering at United States Military Academy
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri University of Science and Technology. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Nuclear Engineering Major list. Rolla, Missouri is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general nuclear engineering degrees to 26 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Missouri University of Science and Technology General Nuclear Engineering Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Carolina State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Nuclear Engineering Major list. South Carolina State University is a public institution located in Orangeburg, South Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full South Carolina State University General Nuclear Engineering Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Nuclear Engineering Major list. Located in Troy, New York, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 18 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general nuclear engineering students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend United States Naval Academy. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Nuclear Engineering Major. This small school is located in Annapolis, Maryland, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s general nuclear engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The University of Tennessee - Knoxville did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Nuclear Engineering Major ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Knoxville, Tennessee, this large public school awarded 32 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s general nuclear engineering students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
With a ranking of #7, Idaho State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Nuclear Engineering Major list. Idaho State University is located in Pocatello, Idaho and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s general nuclear engineering degrees to qualified students.
Oregon State University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Nuclear Engineering Major list. This large school is located in Corvallis, Oregon, and it awarded 30 bachelors’s general nuclear engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Nuclear Engineering at Oregon State University
Texas A&M University - College Station ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Nuclear Engineering Major list. Texas A&M College Station is a large public school situated in College Station, Texas. It awarded 60 bachelors’s general nuclear engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full Texas A&M University - College Station General Nuclear Engineering Report
University of New Mexico - Main Campus ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Nuclear Engineering Major list. UNM is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 13 bachelors’s general nuclear engineering degrees to qualified students.
Purdue University - Main Campus landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Nuclear Engineering Major ranking. Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 23 bachelors’s general nuclear engineering degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Nuclear Engineering Major ranking, coming in at #12. Georgia Tech is a large school located in Atlanta, Georgia that handed out 16 bachelors’s general nuclear engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ranked #13 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Nuclear Engineering Major list. Located in Champaign, Illinois, this large public school handed out 23 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s general nuclear engineering students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
With a ranking of #14, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Nuclear Engineering Major list. This large school is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s general nuclear engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full University of Michigan - Ann Arbor General Nuclear Engineering Report
Massachusetts Institute of Technology did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Nuclear Engineering Major ranking, coming in at #15. Cambridge, Massachusetts is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s general nuclear engineering degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 98%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Read more about General Nuclear Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of Wisconsin - Madison came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Nuclear Engineering Major ranking. UW - Madison is a public institution located in Madison, Wisconsin. The school has a large population, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Nuclear Engineering at University of Wisconsin - Madison
North Carolina State University came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Nuclear Engineering Major ranking. North Carolina State University is located in Raleigh, North Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 bachelors’s general nuclear engineering degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
With a ranking of #18, University of California - Berkeley did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Nuclear Engineering Major list. University of California - Berkeley is a large school located in Berkeley, California that handed out 11 bachelors’s general nuclear engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Florida landed the #19 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Nuclear Engineering Major ranking. This large school is located in Gainesville, Florida, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s general nuclear engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Wilberforce University landed the #20 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Nuclear Engineering Major ranking. Wilberforce, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s general nuclear engineering degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Full Wilberforce University General Nuclear Engineering Report
University at Buffalo landed the #20 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Nuclear Engineering Major ranking. University at Buffalo is a public institution located in Buffalo, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
Full University at Buffalo General Nuclear Engineering Report
University of Cincinnati - Main Campus landed the #20 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Nuclear Engineering Major ranking. Located in Cincinnati, Ohio, this large public school awarded 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general nuclear engineering students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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