2027 Best Nuclear Engineering Schools in the New England Region
Nuclear Engineering programs are offered at a focused set of schools across the country. The schools below stand out for the quality of their nuclear engineering programs.
To produce this 2027 ranking, College Factual evaluated 1 schools to find the best for nuclear engineering students.
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Best Schools for Nuclear Engineering in the New England Region
If you are not interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the nuclear engineering degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Schools in Nuclear Engineering
Leading the list is Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, our #1 school for nuclear engineering. Set in the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology is a large private not-for-profit institution. Roughly 96% of students complete a degree within six years here. There were roughly 40 nuclear engineering students who graduated with this degree at Massachusetts Institute Of Technology in the most recent data year. Graduates of the nuclear engineering program make about $113,129 in their early career. Students borrow a median of $13,516 to complete this degree.
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Notes and References
The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2027 edition. The methodology weighs graduation rate, post-graduation earnings, cost, and program quality, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Top Ranked · 1 school evaluated.
- 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).
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