2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Nuclear Engineering in New York

A doctor's degree in nuclear engineering is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #100 out of 295 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many colleges that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in New York to determine which ones were the most popular for doctor's degree seekers in the field of nuclear engineering. Combined, these schools handed out 6 doctor's degrees in nuclear engineering to qualified students.

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This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for nuclear engineering.

Most Popular Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Nuclear Engineering in New York

Explore the most popular colleges and universities for nuclear engineering students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Most Well Attended Schools for Nuclear Engineering Students Working on Their Doctorate

1

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY

6 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is a popular decision for students interested in a doctor's degree in nuclear engineering. Located in the city of Troy, RPI is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in nuclear engineering in New York. More information about a doctorate in nuclear engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

2

Cornell University
Ithaca, NY

Cornell University is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in nuclear engineering. Located in the city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. More information about a doctorate in nuclear engineering from Cornell University

Best Nuclear Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular Nuclear Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	176	3
Maryland	114	1

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Nuclear Engineering Related Rankings by Major

One of 40 majors within the Engineering area of study, Nuclear Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Majors Related to Nuclear Engineering

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering	149
Mechanical Engineering	97
Chemical Engineering	77
Biomedical Engineering	73
Civil Engineering	57
Materials Engineering	32
Industrial Engineering	28
Operations Research	27
Other Engineering	23
Engineering Physics	16

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.