Nuclear Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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

MIT is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and approximately 11,254 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.

MIT Nuclear Engineering Degrees Available

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

MIT Nuclear Engineering Rankings

The nuclear engineering major at MIT 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 13 students who received their doctoral degrees in nuclear engineering, making the school the #5 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Nuclear Engineering Student Demographics at MIT

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

MIT Nuclear Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 78% of nuclear engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 22% 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 MIT since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 45% 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 Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a bachelor's in nuclear engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

MIT Nuclear Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 75% of nuclear engineering master's degrees went to men and 25% went to women.

In the nuclear engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 31% of degree recipients. That is 9% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	4
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Nuclear Engineering	22

Related Majors

• Environmental Engineering
• Operations Research
• Civil Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Chemical Engineering

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 MA, the home state for Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Architectural and Engineering Managers	8,190	$156,250
Engineering Professors	1,880	$135,140

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 InSapphoWeTrust under License

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