Nuclear Engineering at Purdue University - Main Campus

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

Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and approximately 46,655 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 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.

Purdue Nuclear Engineering Degrees Available

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

Purdue Nuclear Engineering Rankings

There were 8 students who received their doctoral degrees in nuclear engineering, making the school the #7 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Nuclear Engineering Student Demographics at Purdue

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

Purdue Nuclear Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 71% of nuclear engineering master's degrees went to men and 29% went to women.

Of the students who received a nuclear engineering master's degree from Purdue, 57% 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 Purdue University - Main Campus with a master's in nuclear engineering.

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

Related Majors

• Environmental Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Agricultural Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Other 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 IN, the home state for Purdue University - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,120	$123,180

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 Abhijitsathe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.