Nuclear Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

What traits are you looking for in a nuclear engineering school? To help you decide if Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's nuclear engineering program.

RPI is located in Troy, New York and approximately 7,501 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.

RPI Nuclear Engineering Degrees Available

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

RPI Nuclear Engineering Rankings

The nuclear engineering major at RPI 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 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in nuclear engineering, making the school the #17 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Nuclear Engineering Student Demographics at RPI

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the nuclear engineering majors at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

RPI Nuclear Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of nuclear engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% 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 RPI since its program graduates 32% more women than average.

About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nuclear engineering at RPI are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% more racial-ethnic minorities in its nuclear engineering bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a bachelor's in nuclear engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

RPI Nuclear Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 80% of nuclear engineering master's degrees went to men and 20% went to women.

In the nuclear engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 40% of degree recipients. That is 18% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a master's in nuclear engineering.

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

Concentrations Within Nuclear Engineering

Nuclear Engineering majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Nuclear Engineering	23

Related Majors

• Systems Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Industrial Engineering
• Civil 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 NY, the home state for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Architectural and Engineering Managers	7,330	$161,670
Engineering Professors	2,900	$127,010
Nuclear Engineers	410	$112,400

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 UpstateNYer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.