General Nuclear Engineering at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

If you are interested in studying general nuclear engineering, you may want to check out the program at University of New Mexico - Main Campus. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

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 General Nuclear Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

UNM General Nuclear Engineering Degrees Available

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

UNM General Nuclear Engineering Rankings

The general nuclear engineering major at UNM 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.

General Nuclear Engineering Student Demographics at UNM

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

UNM General Nuclear Engineering Bachelor’s Program

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

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general 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 general 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 general 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 General Nuclear Engineering Master’s Program

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

In the general 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 general 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

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 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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