Nuclear Engineering at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

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

UT Knoxville is located in Knoxville, Tennessee and has a total student population of 30,559.

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.

UT Knoxville Nuclear Engineering Degrees Available

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

UT Knoxville Nuclear Engineering Rankings

The nuclear engineering major at UT Knoxville 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 16 students who received their doctoral degrees in nuclear engineering, making the school the #2 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Nuclear Engineering Student Demographics at UT Knoxville

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the nuclear engineering majors at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville.

UT Knoxville 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 UT Knoxville since its program graduates 1% more women than average.

About 65% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nuclear engineering at UT Knoxville are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% 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 The University of Tennessee - Knoxville with a bachelor's in nuclear engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	30
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UT Knoxville Nuclear Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 93% of nuclear engineering master's degrees went to men and 7% went to women.

Of the students who received a nuclear engineering master's degree from UT Knoxville, 79% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Tennessee - Knoxville with a master's in nuclear engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	23
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Nuclear Engineering

If you plan to be a nuclear engineering major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Nuclear Engineering	67

Related Majors

• Engineering Science
• Environmental Engineering
• Agricultural Engineering
• Other Engineering
• Computer 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 TN, the home state for The University of Tennessee - Knoxville.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Architectural and Engineering Managers	3,300	$129,320
Nuclear Engineers	610	$126,300
Engineering Professors	610	$107,480

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 Nightryder84 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.