Nuclear Engineering

Ranked in 2013, part of Best Engineering Schools

Nuclear engineers work with nuclear energy, nuclear waste, medical physics, and more. They may also be active in design and nuclear research. These are the top graduate schools for nuclear engineering programs.

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Rank School name Score Tuition Total graduate engineering enrollment Additional data
#15 University of Missouri

Columbia, MO

2.4 $6,338 per year (in-state, full-time); $14,856 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 618

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#15 Missouri University of Science & Technology

Rolla, MO

2.4 $6,390 per year (in-state, full-time); $16,470 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,050
#17 University of New Mexico

Albuquerque, NM

2.3 $6,592 per year (in-state, full-time); $21,208 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 712
#5 North Carolina State University

Raleigh, NC

3.8 $6,883 per year (in-state, full-time); $18,931 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2,918
#4 Texas A&M University​‒​College Station (Look)

College Station, TX

4.1 $277 per credit (in-state, full-time); $577 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) 2,918
#6 University of Tennessee​‒​Knoxville

Knoxville, TN

3.7 $10,280 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,768 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,000
#8 Purdue University​‒​West Lafayette

West Lafayette, IN

3.5 $10,332 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,134 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 3,070
#10 Georgia Institute of Technology

Atlanta, GA

3.3 $10,584 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,860 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 4,651
#7 University of California​‒​Berkeley

Berkeley, CA

3.6 $11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,322 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,837
#13 Ohio State University

Columbus, OH

2.8 $11,704 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,016 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,738
#3 University of Wisconsin​‒​Madison

Madison, WI

4.2 $11,839 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,166 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,903
#12 Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR

3.2 $13,347 per year (in-state, full-time); $20,259 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 834
#10 University of Illinois​‒​Urbana-Champaign

Urbana, IL

3.3 $16,352 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,618 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 2,975
#8 Pennsylvania State University​‒​University Park

University Park, PA

3.5 $18,672 per year (in-state, full-time); $31,512 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,863
#2 University of Michigan​‒​Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, MI

4.7 $22,518 per year (in-state, full-time); $41,914 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 3,184
#1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, MA

4.9 $41,770 per year (full-time) 3,163
#14 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Troy, NY

2.5 $43,350 per year (full-time) 831
#18 Air Force Institute of Technology

Wright Patterson AFB, OH

2.0 N/A N/A