Nuclear Engineering at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

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 University of New Mexico - Main Campus stacks up to those at other schools.

UNM is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and has a total student population of 22,311.

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.

UNM Nuclear Engineering Degrees Available

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

UNM Nuclear Engineering Rankings

The nuclear engineering major at UNM 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.

Nuclear Engineering Student Demographics at UNM

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the nuclear engineering majors at University of New Mexico - Main Campus.

UNM Nuclear Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 78% of nuclear engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 22% 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 UNM since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nuclear engineering at UNM are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% 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 New Mexico - Main Campus with a bachelor's in nuclear engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	5
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UNM Nuclear Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of nuclear engineering master's degrees went to men and 33% went to women.

In the nuclear engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 44% of degree recipients. That is 22% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	4
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Nuclear Engineering

Nuclear Engineering majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of New Mexico - Main Campus. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Nuclear Engineering	21

Related Majors

• Construction Engineering
• Engineering Science
• Biomedical Engineering
• General Engineering
• Computer 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 NM, the home state for University of New Mexico - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in NM	Average Salary in NM
Architectural and Engineering Managers	1,590	$163,260
Nuclear Engineers	760	$136,310

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 PerryPlanet under License

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