Nuclear Engineering at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

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

U-M is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan and approximately 47,907 students attend the school each year.

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.

U-M Nuclear Engineering Degrees Available

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

U-M Nuclear Engineering Rankings

The nuclear engineering major at U-M 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 20 students who received their doctoral degrees in nuclear engineering, making the school the #1 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Nuclear Engineering Student Demographics at U-M

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the nuclear engineering majors at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor.

U-M Nuclear Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 76% of nuclear engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 24% 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 U-M since its program graduates 5% more women than average.

About 65% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nuclear engineering at U-M are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% 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 Michigan - Ann Arbor with a bachelor's in nuclear engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

U-M Nuclear Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 80% of nuclear engineering master's degrees went to men and 20% went to women.

Of the students who received a nuclear engineering master's degree from U-M, 73% 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 University of Michigan - Ann Arbor with a master's in nuclear engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	11
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Nuclear Engineering

The following nuclear engineering concentations are available at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Nuclear Engineering	75

Related Majors

• Engineering Science
• Construction Engineering
• Other Engineering
• Manufacturing 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 MI, the home state for University of Michigan - Ann Arbor.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Architectural and Engineering Managers	10,460	$132,810
Engineering Professors	1,640	$106,740

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 Dwight Burdette under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.