If you're seeking a degree in nuclear engineering, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #253 one in the country in terms of popularity.As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.
There was only one school in Missouri to review for the 2025 Best Nuclear Engineering Schools in Missouri ranking.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Nuclear Engineering Schools in Missouri ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the nuclear engineering degrees they offer, see the list below.
It's difficult to beat Missouri University of Science and Technology if you want to pursue a degree in nuclear engineering. Located in the town of Rolla, Missouri University of Science and Technology is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.
Students who receive their degree from the nuclear engineering program earn an average of $77,947 for their early career.
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).
