Department of Nuclear Engineering
Impacting the World
By the Numbers
#5
Graduate Program
Ranked No. 5 (Public)
(U.S. News & World Report, 2021)
Enrollment
258
Undergraduate
(Fall 2020, preliminary)
61
Master’s
(Fall 2020, preliminary)
84
Ph.D.
(Fall 2020, preliminary)
Faculty
18
Tenure-Track
Faculty
7
Non Tenure-Track
Faculty
Researchers
141
Graduate Students
9
Research Staff
Degrees Awarded
61
Bachelor’s
(2019-20)
11
Master’s
(2019-20)
8
Ph.D.
(2019-20)
Research Funding
$17M
(Fiscal Year 2019-20)
Research Focus Areas
Advanced Nuclear Reactors
Computational and Data Sciences Applied to National Security and Nuclear Engineering
Fuel Cycles and Materials
Health Physics, Radiation Biology and Medical Physics
Nuclear Power Engineering
Radiation Transport
Security, Safeguards and Nonproliferation
Thermal Hydraulics
