Nuclear Engineering at United States Naval Academy

If you plan to study nuclear engineering, take a look at what United States Naval Academy has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Annapolis is located in Annapolis, Maryland and has a total student population of 4,594. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students received a bachelor's degree in nuclear engineering from Annapolis.

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.

Annapolis Nuclear Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nuclear Engineering

Annapolis Nuclear Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the nuclear engineering progam at Annapolis compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 Annapolis 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	5
Most Focused Nuclear Engineering Schools	8
Most Popular Nuclear Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	17
Most Popular Nuclear Engineering Schools	23

Nuclear Engineering Student Demographics at Annapolis

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

Annapolis Nuclear Engineering Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 nuclear engineering majors earned their bachelor's degree from Annapolis. Of these graduates, 75% were men and 25% were women. The typical nuclear engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 17% women. So female students are more repesented at Annapolis since its program graduates 8% more women than average.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nuclear engineering at Annapolis 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 Naval Academy with a bachelor's in nuclear engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Computer Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• General Engineering
• Marine Engineering
• Ocean 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 MD, the home state for United States Naval Academy.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Architectural and Engineering Managers	5,010	$145,470
Engineering Professors	890	$117,160
Nuclear Engineers	500	$137,930

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 WPPilot under License

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