Nuclear Engineering at Purdue University - Main Campus

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

Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and approximately 46,655 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.

Purdue Nuclear Engineering Degrees Available

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

Purdue Nuclear Engineering Rankings

The nuclear engineering major at Purdue 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 8 students who received their doctoral degrees in nuclear engineering, making the school the #7 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Nuclear Engineering Student Demographics at Purdue

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the nuclear engineering majors at Purdue University - Main Campus.

Purdue Nuclear Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 80% of nuclear engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 20% 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 Purdue since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nuclear engineering at Purdue 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 Purdue University - Main Campus with a bachelor's in nuclear engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	18
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Purdue Nuclear Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 70% of nuclear engineering master's degrees went to men and 30% went to women.

Of the students who received a nuclear engineering master's degree from Purdue, 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 Purdue University - Main Campus with a master's in nuclear engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Nuclear Engineering

Nuclear Engineering majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Purdue University - Main Campus. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Nuclear Engineering	38

Related Majors

• Construction Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Other Engineering
• General Engineering
• Materials 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 IN, the home state for Purdue University - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,120	$123,180

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 Abhijitsathe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.