Nuclear Engineering isn't the most popular bachelor's program in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #197 in popularity out of 338 majors in the country. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.
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Most Popular Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Nuclear Engineering in Illinois
The following list ranks the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in nuclear engineering.
Most Well Attended Schools for Nuclear Engineering Students Working on Their Bachelor's
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a popular choice for students interested in a bachelor's degree in nuclear engineering. Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public university with a very large student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #1 in quality for bachelor's degrees in nuclear engineering in Illinois.
Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the nuclear engineering program report average early career earnings of $64,500.
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).
