General Nuclear Engineering at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

If you plan to study general nuclear engineering, take a look at what University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and approximately 52,679 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Nuclear Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

UIUC General Nuclear Engineering Degrees Available

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

UIUC General Nuclear Engineering Rankings

The general nuclear engineering major at UIUC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in general nuclear engineering, making the school the #9 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

General Nuclear Engineering Student Demographics at UIUC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the general nuclear engineering majors at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

UIUC General Nuclear Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 75% of general nuclear engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 25% went to women. The typical general nuclear engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% women. So female students are more repesented at UIUC since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general nuclear engineering at UIUC are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a bachelor's in general nuclear engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	21
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UIUC General Nuclear Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of general nuclear engineering master's degrees went to men and 0% went to women.

Of the students who received a general nuclear engineering master's degree from UIUC, 58% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Careers That General Nuclear Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in general 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 IL, the home state for University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Architectural and Engineering Managers	9,760	$136,270
Engineering Professors	1,330	$114,010
Nuclear Engineers	610	$117,710

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 Beyond My ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.