Master's programs 26
Graduates in 2023-24 300
Typical median debt n/a
Typical earnings 1 yr after $103,822
Typical earnings 4 yrs after $110,980
Earnings to debt n/a
Official field: Nuclear Engineering. Admission figures such as LSAT, MCAT or GRE scores are not part of this federal data, so check each school.
Degree level Programs Typical earnings 1 yr after Typical median debt Master's 26 $103,822 n/a Doctoral 24 $126,268 n/a
Is it worth it? Debt vs first-year pay Each dot is one master's program. Dots above the dashed line have graduates earning more in their first year than the program's median debt.
Master's programs in nuclear engineering Highest first-year earnings Texas A&M University-College Station $103,822
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College Graduates (2023-24) Earnings 1 yr after Earnings 4 yrs after Median debt University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI 12 n/a $118,214 n/a University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI 25 n/a $110,980 n/a The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN 28 n/a $106,136 n/a Texas A&M University-College Station College Station, TX 19 $103,822 n/a n/a Colorado School of Mines Golden, CO 10 n/a n/a n/a Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA 13 n/a n/a n/a Idaho State University Pocatello, ID 2 n/a n/a n/a Kansas State University Manhattan, KS 3 n/a n/a n/a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA 18 n/a n/a n/a Missouri University of Science and Technology Rolla, MO 6 n/a n/a n/a North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC 29 n/a n/a n/a Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH 2 n/a n/a n/a Oregon State University Corvallis, OR 18 n/a n/a n/a Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA 6 n/a n/a n/a Pennsylvania State University-World Campus University Park, PA 9 n/a n/a n/a Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN 15 n/a n/a n/a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY 5 n/a n/a n/a University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA 31 n/a n/a n/a University of Florida Gainesville, FL 4 n/a n/a n/a University of Idaho Moscow, ID 10 n/a n/a n/a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL 12 n/a n/a n/a University of New Mexico-Main Campus Albuquerque, NM 12 n/a n/a n/a University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA 3 n/a n/a n/a University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC 3 n/a n/a n/a University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT 2 n/a n/a n/a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA 3 n/a n/a n/a
Doctoral programs in nuclear engineering Highest first-year earnings University of Michigan-Ann Arbor $126,268
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College Graduates (2023-24) Earnings 1 yr after Earnings 4 yrs after Median debt Texas A&M University-College Station College Station, TX 9 n/a $146,422 n/a University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI 18 $126,268 n/a n/a Colorado School of Mines Golden, CO 1 n/a n/a n/a Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA 5 n/a n/a n/a Idaho State University Pocatello, ID 5 n/a n/a n/a Kansas State University Manhattan, KS 1 n/a n/a n/a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA 13 n/a n/a n/a Missouri University of Science and Technology Rolla, MO 2 n/a n/a n/a North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC 17 n/a n/a n/a Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH 6 n/a n/a n/a Oregon State University Corvallis, OR 5 n/a n/a n/a Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA 11 n/a n/a n/a Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN 6 n/a n/a n/a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY 4 n/a n/a n/a The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN 17 n/a n/a n/a University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA 14 n/a n/a n/a University of Florida Gainesville, FL 3 n/a n/a n/a University of Idaho Moscow, ID 3 n/a n/a n/a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL 13 n/a n/a n/a University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO 2 n/a n/a n/a University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC 1 n/a n/a n/a University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT 4 n/a n/a n/a University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI 7 n/a n/a n/a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA 3 n/a n/a n/a
Frequently asked questions How much do nuclear engineering graduates earn? Graduates of the typical master's program earned a median of $103,822 one year after finishing, in 2024 dollars.
Undergraduate: Nuclear Engineering major
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard field of study file, data release of October 15, 2026. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid and were working, not enrolled. One-year figures: graduates of 2020-21 and 2021-22, measured in 2022 and 2023, in 2024 dollars. Four-year figures: graduates of 2017-18 and 2018-19, measured in 2022 and 2023, in 2024 dollars. More on the data .