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Of the 6 Nuclear Engineering universities in the United States, Georgia Institute of Technology ranks highest at #123 in the QS World University Rankings 2026. United States Military Academy (#240 in United States) and United States Naval Academy (#502 in United States) complete the top three. Across the whole list there are 6 courses to choose from.
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Only one university here holds a QS World position — Georgia Institute of Technology at #123 — so it heads the list. The rest are ordered by research impact. Georgia Institute of Technology has the largest research record in this group, with 18,523,273 citations and an h-index of 1,154.
The split is 5 public to 1 private institutions. By location, New York (1) account for the most of those we can place. The oldest is United States Military Academy, founded in 1802. Georgia Institute of Technology is the largest, with 56,000 students.
By level: 4 bachelor's and 1 phd / doctorate. The usual length is 4 years and 4–6 years. 100% are full-time. Start dates lean to Fall (100% of courses with a stated intake) and Spring (67% of courses with a stated intake). Excelsior University offers the widest choice, with 1 of these courses.
Georgia Institute of Technology (QS World #123), United States Military Academy (#240 in United States) and United States Naval Academy (#502 in United States) lead this list. QS World positions come first; the rest are ranked by research impact.
5 public and 1 private universities are on this list.
Most listed courses run 4 years, with 4–6 years the next most common.
Fall is the main intake — 100% of courses with a stated start date begin then, and Spring is the second.
Excelsior University, with 1, ahead of Alexandria Technical & Community College (1).
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