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. Of the 6,377 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from North Carolina State University in 2021, 11 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.

NC State Nuclear Engineering Degrees Available

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

NC State Nuclear Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks nuclear engineering programs across the country. The following shows how NC State performed in these rankings.

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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
	4
Best Nuclear Engineering Schools	7

In 2021, 15 students received their master’s degree in nuclear engineering from NC State. This makes it the #5 most popular school for nuclear engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

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.

How Much Do Nuclear Engineering Graduates from NC State Make?

The median salary of nuclear engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at NC State is $66,420. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 5% higher than the national average of $62,969 for all nuclear engineering bachelor's degree recipients.

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

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 nuclear engineering majors earned their bachelor's degree from NC State. Of these graduates, 91% were men and 9% were women.

About 82% 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	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

NC State Nuclear Engineering Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 students earned a master's degree in nuclear engineering from NC State. About 13% of these graduates were women and the other 87% were men.

Of the students who received a nuclear engineering master's degree from NC State, 60% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

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	0
White	9
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

NC State also has a doctoral program available in nuclear engineering. In 2021, 14 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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.