Oak Ridge report shows nuclear engineering grads on the rise

According to the Oak Ridge institute’s report, Pennsylvania State University had the largest number of nuclear engineering degrees awarded in 2015, followed by Texas A&M and UT. Other top programs are located at the University of Michigan, University of California at Berkeley, Georgia Institute of Technology, North Carolina State University, Missouri University of Science and Technology, University of Wisconsin, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.Overall, the number of students enrolling in undergraduate and graduate programs in nuclear engineering were up by 23 percent and 5 percent.