2025 Best General Nuclear Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

a doctor's degree in general nuclear engineering is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #106 out of 862 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best General Nuclear Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 50 doctor's degrees in general nuclear engineering during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to general nuclear engineering students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of general nuclear engineering students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general nuclear engineering related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for general nuclear engineering students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank General Nuclear Engineering Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best General Nuclear Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study General Nuclear Engineering in the Southeast Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in general nuclear engineering.

Top Southeast Region Schools for a Doctorate in General Nuclear Engineering

1

North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

20 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in general nuclear engineering needs to check out North Carolina State University. Located in the large city of Raleigh, NC State is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in general nuclear engineering from North Carolina State University

2

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville
Knoxville, TN

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

16 Annual Graduates

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a doctor's degree in general nuclear engineering. UT Knoxville is a fairly large public university located in the city of Knoxville.More information about a doctorate in general nuclear engineering from The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

Best General Nuclear Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best general nuclear engineering colleges for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	217	3
North Carolina	190	14
Georgia	190	7
Virginia	182	2
Tennessee	150	16
South Carolina	135	0

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General Nuclear Engineering Related Rankings by Major

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Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Siemens Pressebild. More about our data sources and methodologies.