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Pennsylvania State University - University Park BS in Nuclear Engineering

The main focus area for this major is General Nuclear Engineering. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.

Nuclear Engineering is a major offered under the engineering program of study at Pennsylvania State University - University Park. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in nuclear engineering, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.

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Rankings for the Penn State University Park BS in Nuclear Engineering

If you're having trouble deciding which school is best for you, you may want to check out our many college rankings. The nuclear engineering major at Penn State University Park is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Nuclear Engineering. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Here are some of the other rankings for Penn State University Park.

Ranking Type Rank
Most Popular Colleges for Nuclear Engineering 2
Highest Paid Nuclear Engineering Graduates 6
Most Focused Colleges for Nuclear Engineering 13

How Much Does a Bachelor’s in Nuclear Engineering from Penn State University Park Cost?

$18,450 Average Tuition and Fees (In-State)
$27,000 Average Student Debt

Penn State University Park Undergraduate Tuition and Fees

In 2018-2019, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at Penn State University Park was $1,437 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $726 per credit hour. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.

In State Out of State
Tuition $17,416 $34,480
Fees $1,034 $1,034
Books and Supplies $1,840 $1,840
On Campus Room and Board $11,884 $11,884
On Campus Other Expenses $4,788 $4,788

Learn more about Penn State University Park tuition and fees.

Penn State University Park Nuclear Engineering BS Student Debt

One way to think about how much a school will cost is to look at how much in student loans that you have to take out to get your degree. Nuclear Engineering students who received their bachelor’s degree at Penn State University Park took out an average of $27,000 in student loans. That is 15% higher than the national average of $23,569.

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How Much Can You Make With a BS in Nuclear Engineering From Penn State University Park?

$61,400 Average Salary
Average Earnings Boost

The median early career salary of nuclear engineering students who receive their bachelor’s degree from Penn State University Park is $61,400 per year. That is about the same as the national average of $61,025.

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Does Penn State University Park Offer an Online BS in Nuclear Engineering?

Penn State University Park does not offer an online option for its nuclear engineering bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Penn State University Park Online Learning page.

Penn State University Park Bachelor’s Student Diversity for Nuclear Engineering

43 Bachelor's Degrees Awarded
11.6% Women
9.3% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2018-2019 academic year, there were 43 bachelor’s degrees in nuclear engineering handed out to qualified students. The charts and tables below give more information about these students.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in nuclear engineering in 2018-2019, 11.6% of them were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 17.9%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Around 9.3% of nuclear engineering bachelor’s degree recipients at Penn State University Park in 2018-2019 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 27%.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
Native American or Alaska Native 0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 0
White 34
International Students 5
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

BS in Nuclear Engineering Focus Areas at Penn State University Park

Nuclear Engineering students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area Annual Graduates
General Nuclear Engineering 43

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Related Major Annual Graduates
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 133
Agricultural Engineering 50
Architectural Engineering 87
Biomedical Engineering 102
Chemical Engineering 228

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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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