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2023 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Nuclear Engineering in the New England Region

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13 Degrees Awarded
$25,500 Avg Cost*
Most Well Attended Nuclear Engineering Major in the New England Region for a Doctorate

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Nuclear Engineering Major in the New England Region for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 864 people earned their degree in nuclear engineering, making the major the 253rd most popular in the United States. 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 the New England region, there were 22 nuclear engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 13 nuclear engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $78,293 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in nuclear engineering.

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Most Well Attended Nuclear Engineering Major in the New England Region for a Doctorate

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Nuclear Engineering Major in the New England Region for a Doctorate”.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Nuclear Engineering Major in the New England Region for a Doctorate list. MIT is a private not-for-profit institution located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 13 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 98%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

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