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Best Schools for Nuclear Engineering in New York
If you are not interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the nuclear engineering degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Schools in Nuclear Engineering
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute tops our 2026 ranking of the best nuclear engineering schools. Located in the city of Troy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university. The six-year graduation rate is 84%. About 25 nuclear engineering degrees were awarded at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the most recent year. Students who receive their nuclear engineering degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute earn around $77,014 in the first couple years of their career. Students borrow a median of $19,500 to complete this degree.
More information about a degree in nuclear engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Notes and References
The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs graduation rate, post-graduation earnings, cost, and program quality, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Top Ranked · 4 schools evaluated.
- 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 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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