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Nuclear Engineer
- Median pay
- $133,970/yr
- 10-yr job growth
- -1.1%
Degree Programs That Lead Here
These are the fields of study that feed into a Nuclear Engineer career. The colleges below all offer at least one of them.
30 colleges · showing 1–25
| College | Matching program | Credential | Net price/yr | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Florida Gainesville, FL · 4-yr Public | Nuclear Engineering | Bachelor's | $6,541 | FL |
| Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA · 4-yr Public | Nuclear Engineering | Bachelor's | $12,116 | GA |
| Idaho State University Pocatello, ID · 4-yr Public | Nuclear Engineering | Bachelor's | $12,193 | ID |
| University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI · 4-yr Public | Nuclear Engineering | Bachelor's | $13,138 | MI |
| University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA · 4-yr Public | Nuclear Engineering | Bachelor's | $13,481 | CA |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL · 4-yr Public | Nuclear Engineering | Bachelor's | $14,355 | IL |
| Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN · 4-yr Public | Nuclear Engineering | Bachelor's | $14,600 | IN |
| University of Idaho Moscow, ID · 4-yr Public | Nuclear Engineering | Graduate | $14,831 | ID |
| University of New Mexico-Main Campus Albuquerque, NM · 4-yr Public | Nuclear Engineering | Graduate | $15,489 | NM |
| University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT · 4-yr Public | Nuclear Engineering | Graduate | $16,200 | UT |
| Missouri University of Science and Technology Rolla, MO · 4-yr Public | Nuclear Engineering | Bachelor's | $16,298 | MO |
| North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC · 4-yr Public | Nuclear Engineering | Bachelor's | $17,303 | NC |
| Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH · 4-yr Public | Nuclear Engineering | Graduate | $17,339 | OH |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI · 4-yr Public | Nuclear Engineering | Graduate | $17,354 | WI |
| South Carolina State University Orangeburg, SC · 4-yr Public | Nuclear Engineering | Bachelor's | $18,097 | SC |
| The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN · 4-yr Public | Nuclear Engineering | Bachelor's | $18,976 | TN |
| Kansas State University Manhattan, KS · 4-yr Public | Nuclear Engineering | Graduate | $19,406 | KS |
| Pennsylvania State University-World Campus University Park, PA · 4-yr Public | Nuclear Engineering | Graduate | $19,550 | PA |
| Oregon State University Corvallis, OR · 4-yr Public | Nuclear Engineering | Bachelor's | $19,604 | OR |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA · 4-yr Private | Nuclear Engineering | Graduate | $20,111 | MA |
| University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO · 4-yr Public | Nuclear Engineering | Graduate | $20,268 | MO |
| Texas A&M University-College Station College Station, TX · 4-yr Public | Nuclear Engineering | Bachelor's | $21,315 | TX |
| University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC · 4-yr Public | Nuclear Engineering | Graduate | $22,811 | SC |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA · 4-yr Public | Nuclear Engineering | Graduate | $24,953 | VA |
| Colorado School of Mines Golden, CO · 4-yr Public | Nuclear Engineering | Graduate | $28,690 | CO |
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