2025 Best Nuclear Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a Bachelor's Degree in nuclear engineering. It is ranked #219 out of 363 major degree programs in terms of popularity. This may make is a little harder to find a school that is a good fit for you.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Nuclear Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 35 bachelor's degrees in nuclear engineering during the 2021-2022 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

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

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on nuclear engineering students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of nuclear engineering students who choose to seek a bachelor'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.
• Student Debt - How much debt nuclear engineering students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized nuclear engineering related body.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Nuclear Engineering in the Far Western US Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in nuclear engineering.

Top Far Western US Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Nuclear Engineering

1

University of California - Berkeley
Berkeley, CA

11 Annual Graduates

University of California - Berkeley is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in nuclear engineering. Located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in nuclear engineering from University of California - Berkeley

2

Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR

24 Annual Graduates

$69,657 Median Starting Salary

Oregon State University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in nuclear engineering. Located in the small city of Corvallis, Oregon State is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the nuclear engineering program make an average of $69,657 for their early career.

More information about a bachelor’s in nuclear engineering from Oregon State University

Best Nuclear Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best nuclear engineering colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	262	11
Oregon	185	30

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Nuclear Engineering Related Rankings by Major

One of 41 majors within the Engineering area of study, Nuclear Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Nuclear Engineering Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Nuclear Engineering	35

Majors Similar to Nuclear Engineering

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering	5,371
Electrical Engineering	3,341
Civil Engineering	3,002
Computer Engineering	2,519
Biomedical Engineering	1,208
Chemical Engineering	1,055
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	943
Industrial Engineering	358
Environmental Engineering	321
Materials Engineering	292

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.