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Nuclear Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Read the reported program-share signal, school-wide price, and outcome proxy before comparing peer schools in this field. The enrollment proxy is about 58 students when that share is applied to current enrollment.
Program snapshot
1% reported share makes this a focused program signal in federal data.
This major
- Program signal
- 1.0%
- Enrollment proxy
- ~58
- Schools with reported signal
- 29
Admissions
- Acceptance rate (school)
- 63.5%
- Graduation rate
- 83.6%
Cost
- Avg net price (school)
- $36,228/yr
- 4-year cost (est.)
- $144,912
- Median debt
- $23,750
Outcomes
- Median earnings 10y
- $102,051/yr
- ROI grade (school)
- C
College Scorecard reports school-wide earnings and price, not per-major outcomes for individual colleges. Program share is a concentration signal, not a promise of department quality. Use it as a proxy, then verify department-level outcomes with the school.
Value among peer schools
Compared with 29 schools that report this field.
This page treats cost and earnings as school-wide context, not department-level outcomes. The reported share is 2.2x the national average concentration; the school-wide net price is higher than the peer average ($16,310 above), and ten-year median earnings are higher than the peer average ($28,242 above). That combination produces a C value grade and a top 83% ROI position within this field set.
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Peer schools below also report a positive program-share signal and are sorted by value grade.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA · 0.9% reported share · $20,111 net A+ 
University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA · 0.3% reported share · $13,481 net A+ 
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI · 0.4% reported share · $13,138 net A 
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL · 0.3% reported share · $14,355 net A 
Missouri University of Science and Technology Rolla, MO · 1.5% reported share · $16,298 net A 
Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN · 0.3% reported share · $14,600 net A Questions about this program
How big is the program signal?
Nuclear Engineering accounts for 1% of reported programs at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, which is bigger than 90% of schools in this field set and 2.2x the national average concentration. The enrollment proxy is about 58 students when that share is applied to current enrollment.
How should I read the cost number?
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's average net price is $36,228 per year, about $144,912 over four years. That is $16,310 above the $19,918 peer average, before your own aid package changes the final bill.
Are the earnings major-specific?
No. The $102,051 median earnings figure is school-wide ten years after entry. It is $28,242 above the $73,809 average among schools reporting this field, so treat it as an outcomes proxy rather than a department guarantee.
What should I compare next?
Start with program share, net price after aid, graduation rate, location, and whether the department publishes placement or licensure outcomes. EduGradify ranks Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute #24 of 29 schools in this field set by school-wide ROI proxy.