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Nuclear Engineering at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Nuclear Engineering at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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

UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and approximately 52,679 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 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.

UIUC Nuclear Engineering Degrees Available

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

UIUC Nuclear Engineering Rankings

There were 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in nuclear engineering, making the school the #9 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Nuclear Engineering Student Demographics at UIUC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the nuclear engineering majors at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

UIUC Nuclear Engineering Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 students earned a master's degree in nuclear engineering from UIUC. About 0% of these graduates were women and the other 100% were men.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 3
International Students 6
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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 IL, the home state for University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Architectural and Engineering Managers 9,760 $136,270
Engineering Professors 1,330 $114,010
Nuclear Engineers 610 $117,710

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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