2024 Best Nuclear Engineering Schools in North Carolina
1College in North Carolina
40Nuclear Engineering Degrees Awarded
$66,420Avg Early-Career Salary
Nuclear Engineering degree programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major ranks #253 out of the 395 majors we look at each year. This may make is a little harder to find a school that is a good fit for you.
There was only one school in North Carolina to review for the 2024 Best Nuclear Engineering Schools in North Carolina ranking.
The nuclear engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Nuclear Engineering Schools in North Carolina.
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Best Schools for Nuclear Engineering in North Carolina
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the nuclear engineering degree levels they offer.
North Carolina State University is a great option for students pursuing a degree in nuclear engineering. NC State is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Raleigh.
Graduates who receive their degree from the nuclear engineering program make an average of $66,420 in the first couple years of working.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).