Nuclear Engineering at United States Military Academy

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 United States Military Academy stacks up to those at other schools.

West Point is located in West Point, New York and has a total student population of 4,536. Of the 1,058 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from United States Military Academy in 2021, 20 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.

West Point Nuclear Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nuclear Engineering

West Point Nuclear Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks nuclear engineering programs across the country. The following shows how West Point performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The nuclear engineering major at West Point 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	1
Most Focused Nuclear Engineering Schools	1
Most Popular Nuclear Engineering Schools	17

Nuclear Engineering Student Demographics at West Point

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the nuclear engineering majors at United States Military Academy.

West Point Nuclear Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 20 nuclear engineering students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from West Point, about 80% were men and 20% were women. The typical nuclear engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 17% women. So female students are more repesented at West Point since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nuclear engineering at West Point are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. 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 United States Military Academy with a bachelor's in nuclear engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

West Point also has a doctoral program available in nuclear engineering. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Electrical Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Operations Research
• Systems 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 United States Military Academy.

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 Ahodges7 under License

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