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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 students received a bachelor's degree in nuclear engineering from MIT.

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
• Doctorate Degree in Nuclear Engineering

MIT Nuclear Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the nuclear engineering progam at MIT 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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
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Best Value Nuclear Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	8
Best Value Nuclear Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	8
Most Focused Nuclear Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	13

In 2021, 4 students received their master’s degree in nuclear engineering from MIT. This makes it the #17 most popular school for nuclear engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

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

Of the 5 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Nuclear Engineering from MIT in 2020-2021, 20% were men and 80% were women. The typical nuclear engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 17% women. So female students are more repesented at MIT since its program graduates 63% more women than average.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nuclear engineering at MIT are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 20% 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	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

MIT Nuclear Engineering Master’s Program

The nuclear engineering program at MIT awarded 4 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 75% of these degrees went to men with the other 25% going to women.

In the nuclear engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 25% of degree recipients. That is 5% 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	0
White	1
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

MIT also has a doctoral program available in nuclear engineering. In 2021, 13 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.