Nuclear Engineering
24 colleges offer Nuclear Engineering in the College Scorecard data. Graduates leave with an average federal debt of $48,811, from $29,353 at the lowest program to $58,540 at the highest. One year after graduating they earn $59,356 on average, from $41,147 at the lowest program to $73,557 at the highest.
Is a Nuclear Engineering degree worth it?
Across 12 bachelor's programs that report earnings, the median pays its graduates $62,969 a year after graduation, and the middle half pay between $50,627 and $67,320. The median for all majors is $37,050. At the median program, graduates who borrowed owe $22,073.
These are earnings one year after graduating, for students who received federal aid. Majors that lead to graduate school, or to careers that start slowly, look worse here than they will ten years on.
Details
- Number of Offering Colleges: 24
- Average Debt on Graduation: $48,811
- Expected Earnings 1 Year After: $59,356
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Institution name
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Degree type: Certificate, Associate's, Bachelor's, Master's, etc.
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Debt Mean
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Average federal loan debt at graduation — can be skewed by outliers, unlike the median
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Debt Median
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Median federal loan debt at graduation — the middle value, less affected by extreme outliers
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Earnings ▼
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Median earnings 1 year after graduation for this major
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| University of Wisconsin-Madison | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| South Carolina State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Wilberforce University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| United States Military Academy | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University at Buffalo | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of New Mexico-Main Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| United States Naval Academy | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Idaho State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Florida | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of California-Berkeley | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $41,147 |
| Oregon State University-Cascades Campus | Bachelor's Degree | $58,540 | No data | $47,169 |
| Oregon State University | Bachelor's Degree | $58,540 | No data | $47,169 |
| The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $51,780 |
| Missouri University of Science and Technology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $52,882 |
| The Pennsylvania State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $62,046 |
| Purdue University-Main Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $63,891 |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $65,618 |
| North Carolina State University at Raleigh | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $66,420 |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $70,021 |
| Texas A&M University-College Station | Bachelor's Degree | $29,353 | $22,073 | $70,571 |
| Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $73,557 |
| University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |