Nuclear engineering is the branch of engineering concerned with the application of the breakdown (fission) as well as the fusion of atomic nuclei and/or the application of other sub-atomic physics, based on the principles of nuclear physics. In the sub-field of nuclear fission, it particularly includes the interaction and maintenance of systems and components like nuclear reactors, nuclear power plants, and/or nuclear weapons. The field also includes the study of medical and other applications of (generally ionizing) radiation, nuclear safety, heat/thermodynamics transport, nuclear fuel and/or other related technology (e.g., radioactive waste disposal), and the problems of nuclear proliferation.
| Air Force Institute of Technology | Engineering Physics | MS, PhD |
| Arkansas Tech University | Nuclear Engineering | MEng, BS |
| Colorado School of Mines | Nuclear Engineering | MS,PhD |
| Cornell University | School of Applied and Engineering Physics | BS,MEng,PhD |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | Nuclear and Radiological Engineering | BS,MS,PhD |
| Idaho State University | Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering | BS,MS,PhD |
| Kansas State University | Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering | BS,MS,PhD |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Nuclear Science and Engineering | BS,MS,PhD |
| Missouri University of Science and Technology | Nuclear Engineering | BS,MS,PhD |
| North Carolina State University | Nuclear Engineering | BS,MS,PhD |
| Ohio State University | Nuclear Engineering | MS,PhD |
| Oregon State University | Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics | BS,MS,PhD |
| Pennsylvania State University | Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering | BS,MS,PhD |
| Pennsylvania State University | Distance Learning Program in Nuclear Engineering | M.Eng. |
| Purdue University | Nuclear Engineering | BS,MS,PhD |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | Mechanical, Aerospace & Nuclear Engineering | BS,MS,PhD |
| South Carolina State University | Nuclear Engineering | BS |
| Texas A&M University | Nuclear Engineering | BS,MS,PhD |
| University of California, Berkeley | Nuclear Engineering | BS,MS,PhD |
| University of Cincinnati | Mechanical, Industrial and Nuclear Engineering | MS,PhD |
| University of Florida | Nuclear and Radiological Engineering | BS,MS,PhD |
| University of Idaho | Nuclear Engineering | MS,PhD |
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Nuclear, Plasma and Radiological Engineering | BS,MS,PhD |
| University of Maryland, College Park | Materials and Nuclear Engineering | MS,PhD |
| University of Massachusetts Lowell | Chemical Engineering | BS,MS |
| University of Michigan, Ann Arbor | Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences | BS,MS,PhD |
| University of Missouri | Nuclear Science and Engineering Institute | MS,PhD |
| University of Nevada, Las Vegas | Nuclear Engineering | MS |
| University of New Mexico | Chemical and Nuclear Engineering | BS,MS,PHD |
| University of South Carolina | Nuclear Engineering | ME,MS,PhD |
| University of Tennessee at Knoxville | Nuclear Engineering | BS,MS,PhD |
| University of Texas at Austin | Nuclear and Radiation Engineering | MS,PhD |
| University of Utah | Nuclear Engineering | ME, MS, PhD |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison | Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics | BS,MS,PhD |
| United States Military Academy | Nuclear Engineering | BS |
| Virginia Commonwealth University | Nuclear Engineering | MS |