2023 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Nuclear Engineering in New York

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Nuclear Engineering Major in New York for a Doctorate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Nuclear Engineering is the 253rd most popular major in the country with 864 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, nuclear engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $59,111 and had an average of $22,196 in loans still to pay off.

Across New York, there were 43 nuclear engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $70,021 and $19,500 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 nuclear engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $77,733 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Nuclear Engineering Major in New York for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in nuclear engineering. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in nuclear engineering.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Well Attended Nuclear Engineering Major in New York for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for new york doctor’s degree nuclear engineering students.

Top 2 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Nuclear Engineering in New York

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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, New York

#6 overall quality in New York

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Nuclear Engineering Major in New York for a Doctorate. RPI is a medium-sized school located in Troy, New York that handed out 3 doctorate’s nuclear engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. 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 RPI Nuclear Engineering Report

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Cornell University
Ithaca, New York

#1 overall quality in New York

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Cornell University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Nuclear Engineering Major in New York for a Doctorate. Cornell University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Ithaca, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 0 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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