General Nuclear Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

If you are interested in studying general nuclear engineering, you may want to check out the program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

RPI is located in Troy, New York and has a total student population of 7,501.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Nuclear Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

RPI General Nuclear Engineering Degrees Available

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

RPI General Nuclear Engineering Rankings

The general nuclear engineering major at RPI is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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 general nuclear engineering, making the school the #17 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

General Nuclear Engineering Student Demographics at RPI

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

RPI General Nuclear Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of general nuclear engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical general 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 general 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 general 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 general 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 General Nuclear Engineering Master’s Program

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

In the general 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 general 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

Careers That General Nuclear Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in general 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

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