General Nuclear Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

If you plan to study general nuclear engineering, take a look at what Massachusetts Institute of Technology has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

MIT is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 11,254.

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

MIT General Nuclear Engineering Degrees Available

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

MIT General Nuclear Engineering Rankings

The general nuclear engineering major at MIT is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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 general nuclear engineering, making the school the #5 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

General Nuclear Engineering Student Demographics at MIT

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

MIT General Nuclear Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 78% of general nuclear engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 22% went to women. The typical general 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 general 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 general 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 General Nuclear Engineering Master’s Program

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

In the general 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 general 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

Careers That General Nuclear Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in general 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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