Nuclear Engineering at North Carolina State University

If you plan to study nuclear engineering, take a look at what North Carolina State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

NC State is located in Raleigh, North Carolina and has a total student population of 36,042. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 students received their master's degree in nuclear engineering.

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.

NC State Nuclear Engineering Degrees Available

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

NC State Nuclear Engineering Rankings

There were 14 students who received their doctoral degrees in nuclear engineering, making the school the #4 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Nuclear Engineering Student Demographics at NC State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the nuclear engineering majors at North Carolina State University.

NC State Nuclear Engineering Master’s Program

The nuclear engineering program at NC State awarded 15 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 87% of these degrees went to men with the other 13% going to women.

Of the students who received a nuclear engineering master's degree from NC State, 60% 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 North Carolina State University with a master's in nuclear engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	9
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Other Engineering
• General Engineering
• Agricultural Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Biomedical 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 NC, the home state for North Carolina State University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,060	$140,980
Engineering Professors	1,400	$89,850
Nuclear Engineers	540	$113,110

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 Haruhide000 under License

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