Nuclear Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus

What traits are you looking for in a nuclear engineering school? To help you decide if Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's nuclear engineering program.

Georgia Tech is located in Atlanta, Georgia and approximately 39,771 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Nuclear Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

Georgia Tech Nuclear Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nuclear Engineering
• Master’s Degree in Nuclear Engineering

Georgia Tech Nuclear Engineering Rankings

The nuclear engineering major at Georgia Tech is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Nuclear Engineering. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

There were 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in nuclear engineering, making the school the #9 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Nuclear Engineering Student Demographics at Georgia Tech

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the nuclear engineering majors at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus.

Georgia Tech Nuclear Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 71% of nuclear engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 29% went to women. The typical nuclear engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% women. So female students are more repesented at Georgia Tech since its program graduates 10% more women than average.

About 79% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nuclear engineering at Georgia Tech are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus with a bachelor's in nuclear engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Georgia Tech Nuclear Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of nuclear engineering master's degrees went to men and 0% went to women.

Of the students who received a nuclear engineering master's degree from Georgia Tech, 67% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the nuclear engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 11% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus with a master's in nuclear engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Nuclear Engineering

Nuclear Engineering majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Nuclear Engineering	32

Related Majors

• Engineering Mechanics
• Robotics Engineering
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Systems Engineering
• Operations Research

Careers That Nuclear Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in nuclear engineering can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for GA, the home state for Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,740	$142,240
Engineering Professors	360	$96,180

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Disavian under License

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