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. Of the 3,879 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus in 2021, 16 of them were nuclear engineering majors.

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
• Doctorate Degree in Nuclear Engineering

Georgia Tech Nuclear Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the nuclear engineering progam at Georgia Tech compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Nuclear Engineering Schools	1
Best Value Nuclear Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	2
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Best Value Nuclear Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	3

In 2021, 9 students received their master’s degree in nuclear engineering from Georgia Tech. This makes it the #9 most popular school for nuclear engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

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.

Earnings of Georgia Tech Nuclear Engineering Graduates

The median salary of nuclear engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at Georgia Tech is $73,557. This is 17% higher than $62,969, which is the national average for all nuclear engineering bachelor's degree recipients.

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

The nuclear engineering program at Georgia Tech awarded 16 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 81% of these degrees went to men with the other 19% going to women. The typical nuclear engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 17% women. So female students are more repesented at Georgia Tech since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nuclear engineering at Georgia Tech are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% more racial-ethnic minorities in its nuclear engineering bachelor's program 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 bachelor's in nuclear engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Georgia Tech Nuclear Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 9 students who graduated with a master’s in nuclear engineering from Georgia Tech in 2021, 78% were men and 22% were 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 14% 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	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Georgia Tech also has a doctoral program available in nuclear engineering. In 2021, 7 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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• Engineering Mechanics
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• Manufacturing Engineering
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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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