Nuclear Engineering

A program that prepares individuals to apply mathematical and scientific principles to the design, development and operational evaluation of systems for controlling and manipulating nuclear energy, including nuclear power plant design, fission reactor design, fusion reactor design, reactor control and safety systems design, power transfer systems, containment vessels and structures design; and the analysis of related engineering problems such as fission and fusion processes, human and environmental factors, construction, and operational considerations.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 32 institutions across the United States, with a total of 2675 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

20

certificates awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

427

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

19

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

248

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

171

degrees awarded

Other Awards

1,790

awards given

Top Schools for Nuclear Engineering

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank Institution Degrees
1 Texas A & M University-College Station
College Station, TX
324
2 The University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Knoxville, TN
285
3 North Carolina State University at Raleigh
Raleigh, NC
204
4 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL
147
5 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI
141
6 Purdue University-Main Campus
West Lafayette, IN
132
7 Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
University Park, PA
126
8 University of California-Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
111
9 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
111
10 Missouri University of Science and Technology
Rolla, MO
108
11 Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR
105
12 University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
Pittsburgh, PA
95
13 University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI
93
14 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY
84
15 Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
Atlanta, GA
84
16 United States Military Academy
West Point, NY
63
17 Air Force Institute of Technology-Graduate School of Engineering & Management
Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
57
18 United States Naval Academy
Annapolis, MD
57
19 University of New Mexico-Main Campus
Albuquerque, NM
54
20 University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
54
21 Idaho State University
Pocatello, ID
39
22 Pennsylvania State University-World Campus
University Park, PA
33
23 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg, VA
24
24 Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS
24
25 Ohio State University-Main Campus
Columbus, OH
24
26 University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
21
27 Colorado School of Mines
Golden, CO
21
28 University of Idaho
Moscow, ID
18
29 Naval Postgraduate School
Monterey, CA
15
30 South Carolina State University
Orangeburg, SC
9
31 University of South Carolina-Columbia
Columbia, SC
6
32 University of Missouri-Columbia
Columbia, MO
6