Nuclear Engineering at South Carolina State University

Every nuclear engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the nuclear engineering program at South Carolina State University stacks up to those at other schools.

South Carolina State University is located in Orangeburg, South Carolina and approximately 2,339 students attend the school each year. Of the 309 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from South Carolina State University in 2021, 4 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.

South Carolina State University Nuclear Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nuclear Engineering

South Carolina State University Nuclear Engineering Rankings

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

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 South Carolina State University 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
Most Focused Nuclear Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	3
Most Popular Nuclear Engineering Schools	28

Nuclear Engineering Student Demographics at South Carolina State University

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the nuclear engineering majors at South Carolina State University.

South Carolina State University Nuclear Engineering Bachelor’s Program

The nuclear engineering program at South Carolina State University awarded 4 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 50% of these degrees went to men with the other 50% going to women. The typical nuclear engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 17% women. So female students are more repesented at South Carolina State University since its program graduates 33% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% 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 South Carolina State University with a bachelor's in nuclear engineering.

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

South Carolina State University also has a doctoral program available in nuclear engineering. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Civil Engineering
• Industrial 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 SC, the home state for South Carolina State University.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
Architectural and Engineering Managers	2,770	$132,810
Nuclear Engineers	1,010	$101,420
Engineering Professors	610	$98,390

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 Pollinator at English Wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.