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

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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 New York, there were 43 nuclear engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $70,021 and $19,500 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 2 nuclear engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,893 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Nuclear Engineering Major in New York for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in nuclear engineering. To top this list, a school must have a successful nuclear engineering program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended Nuclear Engineering Major in New York for a Master’s

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

Top 2 Most Popular Master’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 Master’s. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is located in Troy, New York and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 masters’s nuclear engineering degrees to qualified students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.

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University at Buffalo
Buffalo, New York

#20 overall quality in New York

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University at Buffalo. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Nuclear Engineering Major in New York for a Master’s. University at Buffalo is located in Buffalo, New York and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 masters’s nuclear engineering degrees to qualified students.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.

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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.

Credits

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