下面是2015年USNews美国大学美国大学研究生核能工程专业的详细排名：
| 排名 | 院校 | 学费 | 注册人数 |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA麻省理工学院 | $43,210 per year (full-time) | 3,174 |
| #1 | University of Michigan—Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI密歇根大学安娜堡分校 | $22,322 per year (in-state, full-time); $41,998per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,178 |
| #3 | Texas A&M University—College Station (Look) College Station, TX德克萨斯农机大学 | $227 per credit (in-state, full-time); $581 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,066 |
| #3 | University of Wisconsin—Madison Madison, WI威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校 | $11,858 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,184per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,940 |
| #5 | Pennsylvania State University—University Park University Park, PA宾夕法尼亚州州立大学 | $19,304 per year (in-state, full-time); $32,416per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,719 |
| #5 | University of Tennessee—Knoxville Knoxville, TN田纳西大学-诺克斯威尔 | $10,944 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,432per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 980 |
| #7 | University of California—Berkeley Berkeley, CA加州大学伯克利分校 | $11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,322per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,936 |
| #8 | Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA佐治亚理工学院 | $11,324 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,330per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 4,576 |
| #8 | North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC北卡罗莱纳州立大学罗利分校 | $7,173 per year (in-state, full-time); $19,511per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,929 |
| #10 | Oregon State University Corvallis, OR | $13,644 per year (in-state, full-time); $21,177per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 912 |
| #10 | University of Illinois—Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校 | $16,754 per year (in-state, full-time); $30,246per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,154 |
| #12 | Purdue University—West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN普渡大学 | $10,332 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,134per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 3,333 |
| #13 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY伦斯勒理工学院 | $45,100 per year (full-time) | 783 |
| #14 | Ohio State University Columbus, OH俄亥俄州立大学哥伦布分校 | $11,928 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,592per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,680 |
| #15 | University of Missouri Columbia, MO密苏里大学 | $6,452 per year (in-state, full-time); $15,114per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 651 |
| #16 | Missouri University of Science & Technology Rolla, MO密苏里科技大学 | $6,661 per year (in-state, full-time); $17,199per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,196 |
| #16 | University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM新墨西哥大学 | $5,433 per year (in-state, full-time); $20,002per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 788 |
| #18 | University of Florida Gainesville, FL佛罗里达大学 | $12,642 per year (in-state, full-time); $30,035per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 2,739 |
