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The University of Tennessee - Knoxville PhD in Nuclear Engineering

16 Doctor's Degrees Awarded
$86,867 Average Salary

The main focus area for this major is General Nuclear Engineering. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.

Nuclear Engineering is a major offered under the engineering program of study at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. Here, you’ll find out more about the major doctor’s degree program in nuclear engineering, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, and more.

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How Much Does a Doctorate in Nuclear Engineering from UT Knoxville Cost?

$13,380 Average Tuition and Fees

UT Knoxville Graduate Tuition and Fees

Out-of-state part-time graduates at UT Knoxville paid an average of $1,650 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $639 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.

In State Out of State
Tuition $11,468 $29,656
Fees $1,912 $2,142

How Much Can You Make With a PhD in Nuclear Engineering From UT Knoxville?

$86,867 Average Salary
Average Earnings Boost

nuclear engineering who receive their doctor’s degree from UT Knoxville make an average of $86,867 a year during the early days of their career. That is about the same as the national average of $0.

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Does UT Knoxville Offer an Online PhD in Nuclear Engineering?

Online degrees for the UT Knoxville nuclear engineering doctor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UT Knoxville Online Learning page.

UT Knoxville Doctorate Student Diversity for Nuclear Engineering

16 Doctor's Degrees Awarded
18.8% Women
6.3% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2019-2020 academic year, 16 students received their doctor’s degree in nuclear engineering. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 18.8% of the nuclear engineering students who took home a doctor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 21.2%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 6.3% of the nuclear engineering doctor’s degrees at UT Knoxville in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 12%.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
Native American or Alaska Native 0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 0
White 10
International Students 4
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

PhD in Nuclear Engineering Focus Areas at UT Knoxville

Nuclear Engineering students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area Annual Graduates
General Nuclear Engineering 16

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Related Major Annual Graduates
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 1
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References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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