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.
| Rankings | Overall Engineering School Program Data | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | School name | Score | Tuition | Total graduate engineering enrollment | Additional data |
| #14 |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY |
2.5 | $43,350 per year (full-time) | 831 |
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| #1 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA |
4.9 | $41,770 per year (full-time) | 3,163 | |
| #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 | |
| #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 | |
| #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 | |
| #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 | |
| #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 | |
| #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 | |
| #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 | |
| #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 | |
| #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 | |
| #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 | |
| #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 | |
| #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 | |
| #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 | |
| #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 | |
| #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 | |
| #18 |
Air Force Institute of Technology
Wright Patterson AFB, OH |
2.0 | N/A | N/A | |
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