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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.
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| 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
most degrees awarded
of Nuclear Engineering among the 2006-2007
graduating class.
|  | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY | 46
(3.7%) |  |  |
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| | Purdue University-Main Campus
West Lafayette, IN | 39
(0.7%) |  |  |
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| | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
University Park, PA | 36
(0.4%) |  |  |
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| | University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN | 28
(0.8%) | | |
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| | University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI | 26
(0.4%) | | |
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| | Texas A & M University
College Station, TX | 24
(0.3%) | | |
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| | University of Missouri - Rolla
Rolla, MO | 23
(2.8%) | | |
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| | North Carolina State University at Raleigh
Raleigh, NC | 21
(0.5%) | | |
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| | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA | 20
(1.7%) |  | |
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| | Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR | 19
(0.6%) | | |
* The number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2006-2007 graduating class.
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