Nuclear Engineering at North Carolina State University

If you are interested in studying nuclear engineering, you may want to check out the program at North Carolina State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

NC State is located in Raleigh, North Carolina and approximately 36,042 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.

NC State Nuclear Engineering Degrees Available

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

NC State Nuclear Engineering Rankings

The nuclear engineering major at NC State 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 14 students who received their doctoral degrees in nuclear engineering, making the school the #4 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Nuclear Engineering Student Demographics at NC State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the nuclear engineering majors at North Carolina State University.

NC State Nuclear Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 85% of nuclear engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 15% went to women.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nuclear engineering at NC State 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 North Carolina State University with a bachelor's in nuclear engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	21
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

NC State Nuclear Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 71% of nuclear engineering master's degrees went to men and 29% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from North Carolina State University with a master's in nuclear engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	10
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Nuclear Engineering

The following nuclear engineering concentations are available at North Carolina State University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from North Carolina State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Nuclear Engineering	40

Related Majors

• Other Engineering
• Construction Engineering
• Operations Research
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Agricultural 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 NC, the home state for North Carolina State University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,060	$140,980
Engineering Professors	1,400	$89,850
Nuclear Engineers	540	$113,110

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 Haruhide000 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.