When it comes to popularity, an associate degree in nuclear engineering technology sits in the middle of the road, ranking #195 out of 328 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for nuclear engineering technology students pursuing a associate degree. Combined, these schools handed out 60 associate degrees in nuclear engineering technology to qualified students.
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Average Early-Career Salaries
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their associate degree from the school. After all, your associate degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to nuclear engineering technology students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - How many other nuclear engineering technology students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How easy is it for nuclear engineering technology to pay back their student loans after receiving their associate degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized nuclear engineering technology related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for nuclear engineering technology students working on their associate degree.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Nuclear Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Every student who is interested in an associate degree in nuclear engineering technology needs to look into Arkansas Tech University. Located in the remote town of Russellville, ATU is a public university with a medium-sized student population.
After graduating, nuclear engineering tech associate recipients typically make an average of $74,249 at the beginning of their careers.
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.
by our College Data Analytics Team