2025 Best General Nuclear Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region
4Colleges in the Southeast Region
189General Nuclear Engineering Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in general nuclear engineering, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #468 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best General Nuclear Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 189 degrees in general nuclear engineering annually.
Choosing a Great General Nuclear Engineering School
The general nuclear engineering program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Nuclear Engineering rankings. For our Best Overall General Nuclear Engineering School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Pick Your General Nuclear Engineering Degree Level
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best General Nuclear Engineering Schools in the Southeast Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for General Nuclear Engineering in the Southeast Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the general nuclear engineering degree levels they offer.
Top Southeast Region Schools in General Nuclear Engineering
University of Florida is a great decision for students interested in a degree in general nuclear engineering. Located in the city of Gainesville, UF is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #56 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UF is a great university overall.
There were about 22 general nuclear engineering students who graduated with this degree at UF in the most recent data year.
North Carolina State University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in general nuclear engineering. NC State is a very large public university located in the city of Raleigh. This university ranks 4th out of 93 colleges for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were approximately 43 general nuclear engineering students who graduated with this degree at NC State in the most recent year we have data available.
It is difficult to beat Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus if you wish to pursue a degree in general nuclear engineering. Located in the city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #19 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Georgia Tech is a great school overall.
There were approximately 26 general nuclear engineering students who graduated with this degree at Georgia Tech in the most recent year we have data available.
The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in general nuclear engineering. Located in the medium-sized city of Knoxville, UT Knoxville is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 41 schools for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were approximately 79 general nuclear engineering students who graduated with this degree at UT Knoxville in the most recent year we have data available.
Rankings in Majors Related to General Nuclear Engineering
General Nuclear Engineering is one of 0 different types of Nuclear Engineering programs to choose from.
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).
The general nuclear engineering program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Nuclear Engineering rankings. For our Best Overall General Nuclear Engineering School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
