Nuclear Engineering
447 students earn a nuclear engineering credential each year across 22 US colleges. Earnings below are the median for each school's graduates one and five years after finishing; debt is the median federal loan balance at completion.
- Typical earnings, 1 year out
- $74,540
- Typical earnings, 5 years out
- $97,907
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Bachelor's programs — 21 colleges
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
1University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, Illinois28$81,1341 year out—$21,3502Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania33$78,2181 year out$102,125$24,7993Missouri University of Science and TechnologyRolla, Missouri25$77,9471 year out$86,902$23,3544Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteTroy, New York18$77,0141 year out$97,907$19,5005North Carolina State University at RaleighRaleigh, North Carolina27$74,5401 year out—$23,2506The University of Tennessee-KnoxvilleKnoxville, Tennessee46$73,7241 year out$94,044$23,0007Oregon State UniversityCorvallis, Oregon24$69,6571 year out$94,372$27,0008Oregon State University-Cascades CampusBend, Oregon0$69,6571 year out$94,372$27,0009Texas A&M University-College StationCollege Station, Texas62$66,6041 year out$91,599$18,47110Purdue University-Main CampusWest Lafayette, Indiana25$63,2261 year out—$20,50011United States Military AcademyWest Point, New York21—1 year out——12United States Naval AcademyAnnapolis, Maryland19—1 year out——13University of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn Arbor, Michigan17—1 year out$99,564$22,00014University of FloridaGainesville, Florida15—1 year out$112,160—15University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, California14—1 year out——16Georgia Institute of Technology-Main CampusAtlanta, Georgia14—1 year out$98,613$24,87917University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadison, Wisconsin10—1 year out$110,897—18Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, Massachusetts9—1 year out——19University of New Mexico-Main CampusAlbuquerque, New Mexico9—1 year out——20Idaho State UniversityPocatello, Idaho8—1 year out——21South Carolina State UniversityOrangeburg, South Carolina3—1 year out——
Certificate programs — 1 college
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data (4-digit CIP). Graduates are conferrals in the most recent IPEDS year; earnings cover federally-aided completers who are working and not enrolled; medians for small programs are privacy-suppressed (—).