Nuclear Engineering
- Nuclear engineers research and develop the processes, instruments, and systems used to derive benefits from nuclear energy and radiation.
- They also design, develop, monitor, and operate nuclear plants to generate power.
- The starting bachelor's degree salary is around $62,000. The average bachelor's degree salary is around $97,000.
- The employment number is around 17,000 people and it is expected to rise by 11% in the next ten years.
- It is one of the lowest employed engineering disciplines.
- An official ANS license is required to practice nuclear engineering in the U.S.
- The top three schools for nuclear engineering are, the University of Michigan, the University of Wisconsin, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
