Total 40 schools offer the Nuclear Engineering programs. Its average tuition & fees is $36,353. In public schools, the tuition & fees is $12,941 for State residents and $33,768 for out-of-state students. In private schools the costs for the Nuclear Engineering program is $52,380.

Nuclear Engineering is 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.

The annual average wage after completing Nuclear Engineering is $129,640 and hourly 39.542857142857. This statistics is based on the employment and wage data (May 2019) from Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Next table shows the possible occupation and job list with average income having Nuclear Engineering degree/certificate.