A program that prepares individuals to apply mathematical and scientific principles to the design, development and operational evaluation of systems for controlling and manipulating nuclear energy, including nuclear power plant design, fission reactor design, fusion reactor design, reactor control and safety systems design, power transfer systems, containment vessels and structures design; and the analysis of related engineering problems such as fission and fusion processes, human and environmental factors, construction, and operational considerations.
| A major in Nuclear Engineering is highly relevant for the following careers. National averages for wages in each career is provided. |
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Top 20
U.S.
Colleges with the
highest percentage
of
Nuclear Engineering among the 2007-2008
graduating class.
| | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY | 49
(4.3%) |  |  | |
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| | Missouri University of Science and Technology
Rolla, MO | 31
(3.4%) |  |  | |
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| | United States Military Academy
West Point, NY | 14
(1.2%) |  | - | |
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| | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA | 14
(1.2%) | | | |
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| | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
Atlanta, GA | 25
(1.0%) |  |  | |
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| | The University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN | 28
(0.8%) | | | |
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| | Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS | 22
(0.6%) | | | |
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| | South Carolina State University
Orangeburg, SC | 3
(0.5%) | |  | |
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| | Purdue University-Main Campus
West Lafayette, IN | 31
(0.5%) | | | |
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| | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI | 30
(0.5%) | | | |
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2007-2008 graduating class.