Nuclear Engineering
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Add ComparisonIn 2023, the locations with the highest concentration of Nuclear Engineering degree recipients are College Station, TX, Knoxville, TN, and Raleigh, NC. In 2022, the locations with a relatively high number of Nuclear Engineering degree recipients are Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, Naval Academy, MD, and Rolla, MO. The most common degree awarded to students studying Nuclear Engineering is a bachelors degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Nuclear Engineering and the types of students that study this field. Texas A & M University-College Station awards the most degrees in Nuclear Engineering in the US.
Tuition costs for Nuclear Engineering majors are, on average, $11,145 for in-state public colleges, and $59,750 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Nuclear Engineering programs are Public, 4-year or above institutions (34 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (820 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Nuclear Engineering, is Public, 4-year or above (820 completions in 2023).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Nuclear Engineering programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
Texas A & M University-College Station has the most Nuclear Engineering degree recipients, with 108 degrees awarded in 2023.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Nuclear Engineering.
Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Engineering in the United States.
The most common degree type these workers hold is a Bachelors Degree. Male employees are more likely to hold Engineering degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in Engineering (552 students).
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Nuclear Engineering are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Research Doctorate.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Engineering are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Doctorate degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Nuclear Engineering.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Nuclear Engineering for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Bachelors Degree recipients in Nuclear Engineering.
White Male students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in India that hold Engineering degrees (4.18 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is India (492,137 degree recipients).
