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2023 Best Nuclear Engineering Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region

2 Ranked Colleges
122 Degrees Awarded
$35,700 Avg Cost*
Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Nuclear Engineering

When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Nuclear Engineering” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 864 people earned their degree in nuclear engineering, making the major the 253rd most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, nuclear engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $59,111 and had an average of $22,196 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 122 nuclear engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $70,571 and $22,004 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Nuclear Engineering” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in nuclear engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent nuclear engineering programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the nuclear engineering program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Nuclear Engineering” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Nuclear Engineering

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region vets studying nuclear engineering.

Top 2 Best Nuclear Engineering Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region

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Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Nuclear Engineering that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #1 spot on the list. Texas A&M College Station is a large public school situated in College Station, Texas. It awarded 101 ’s nuclear engineering degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas A&M College Station, the school also landed the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Among the 70,418 students enrolled at Texas A&M College Station, 5 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 4 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,925. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full Texas A&M College Station Veteran Student Life Report

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Nuclear Engineering. Albuquerque, New Mexico is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s nuclear engineering degrees to 21 students in 2020-2021.

UNM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 22,311 students enrolled at University of New Mexico - Main Campus were GI Bill® students, of which 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

Full UNM Veteran Student Life Report

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