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. Of the 8,338 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Purdue University - Main Campus in 2021, 23 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.

Purdue Nuclear Engineering Degrees Available

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

Purdue Nuclear Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the nuclear engineering progam at Purdue compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
	5
Best Nuclear Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	7
Most Popular Nuclear Engineering Schools	9

In 2021, 7 students received their master’s degree in nuclear engineering from Purdue. This makes it the #14 most popular school for nuclear engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

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.

Earnings of Purdue Nuclear Engineering Graduates

The median salary of nuclear engineering students who receive their bachelor's degree at Purdue is $63,891. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 1% higher than the national average of $62,969 for all nuclear engineering bachelor's degree recipients.

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

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 23 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in nuclear engineering from Purdue. About 78% were men and 22% were women. The typical nuclear engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 17% women. So female students are more repesented at Purdue since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

About 91% 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	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	21
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Purdue 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.

Of the students who received a nuclear engineering master's degree from Purdue, 57% 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	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Purdue also has a doctoral program available in nuclear engineering. In 2021, 8 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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.