Nuclear Engineering at University of California - Berkeley

What traits are you looking for in a nuclear engineering school? To help you decide if University of California - Berkeley is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's nuclear engineering program.

UC Berkeley is located in Berkeley, California and has a total student population of 42,327. Of the 10,523 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of California - Berkeley in 2021, 11 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.

UC Berkeley Nuclear Engineering Degrees Available

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

UC Berkeley Nuclear Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks nuclear engineering programs across the country. The following shows how UC Berkeley 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 UC Berkeley 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
Best Nuclear Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	8

In 2021, 18 students received their master’s degree in nuclear engineering from UC Berkeley. This makes it the #3 most popular school for nuclear engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

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 UC Berkeley

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the nuclear engineering majors at University of California - Berkeley.

UC Berkeley Nuclear Engineering Bachelor’s Program

The nuclear engineering program at UC Berkeley awarded 11 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 91% of these degrees went to men with the other 9% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 35% 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 University of California - Berkeley with a bachelor's in nuclear engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	3
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UC Berkeley Nuclear Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 18 students who graduated with a master’s in nuclear engineering from UC Berkeley in 2021, 78% were men and 22% were women.

In the nuclear engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 14% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	7
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UC Berkeley also has a doctoral program available in nuclear engineering. In 2021, 16 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• General Engineering
• Biochemical Engineering
• Other Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Engineering Physics

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 CA, the home state for University of California - Berkeley.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Architectural and Engineering Managers	31,580	$175,010
Engineering Professors	2,400	$129,790
Nuclear Engineers	530	$132,180

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 LAgirl5252 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.