Nuclear Engineering at University of California - Berkeley

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 California - Berkeley stacks up to those at other schools.

UC Berkeley is located in Berkeley, California and approximately 42,327 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 18 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.

UC Berkeley Nuclear Engineering Degrees Available

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

UC Berkeley Nuclear Engineering Rankings

There were 16 students who received their doctoral degrees in nuclear engineering, making the school the #2 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Nuclear Engineering Student Demographics at UC Berkeley

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the nuclear engineering majors at University of California - Berkeley.

UC Berkeley Nuclear Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 18 nuclear engineering students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UC Berkeley, about 78% were men and 22% were women.

In the nuclear engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 18% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	7
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• General Engineering
• Biochemical Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Operations Research

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 CA, the home state for University of California - Berkeley.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Architectural and Engineering Managers	31,580	$175,010
Engineering Professors	2,400	$129,790
Nuclear Engineers	530	$132,180

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 LAgirl5252 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.