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Brian:
Just wondering, but how much do nuclear engineers make?  With either a bachelors, masters, or doctorate degree.  Also, how much of a demand is there for them, and what kind of work is entitled.  Right now I'm in an engineering science degree, which is the liberal arts degree for engineers. But the way I see things going, is that nuclear is going to make a rather large surge.


Brian

Fermi2:
About the same as any other Engineer used in the industry and less than an Operator.

Probably 50K to 75K. A Masters or Doctorate might hire in a bit higher.

Mike

tr:
Per salary.com, the starting salary for a graduating engineer (level I) is around 61K (for northern Ohio), and the salary for someone with around 10 years experience (level III) is around 85K.

Loffy Muffin:
If you are just looking for cashola only, go to law school and get a patent attorney degree.  Engineer+Patent Attorney=Mullah, chicks, big city condo overlooking the lake/ocean, BMW M3, Company boxes to sporting events.   

If you can't stand the thought of going to law school, then:
I would go ME/EE and get the option of going to different fields.  An ME/EE has (probably) only a slight disadvantage to NE in nuclear power employment opportunities, but as an ME/EE you can go into many other fields.  Becareful of those specialized degrees unless you absolutely love the field. 

Oil/gas/EPC/OEM's all pay much more then Nuclear (for experienced) at the moment for engineers.  It may change....or it may not. Entry level will be about the same pay (We pay 65-70K).  But senior engineers in oil/gas/EPC/OEM pull 110-150K, bonus, OT.   

I know a few power plants that can't fill the experienced positons so instead of raising the pay they drop the standards/requirements.  At the moment, they have their heels dug in on pay.  I wouldn't bank on these millions of dollars to be made as an NE...yet.  The money to be made would be building nukes the next decade.  Get an SRO then bail and go into construction if you go nuclear..

Brian:
I would have to say that I am the most indecisive engineering student out there.  With the engineering science program that I am in I am going to end up taking statics, dynamics, Calc 1,2,3, Differential Equations, Chem 1,2 Physics 1,2,3, Microprocessors and Circuits, Basic and Advanced C++, and finally Strengths and Materials Sciences.  Then from there, I want to transfer into the program that I want.  Right now I am looking at Nuclear and Electrical Power Engineering but I am still keeping the options open to others.  So far I have looked at Rennselaer Polytechic Institute for Nuclear Engineering.  Then in April, I am going down to Penn State to see what there program is like.  However, if I fell back onto a program other than Nuclear, I would probably end up going to Clarkson University for EE.  One thing that I was wondering is what it would be like working for a foreign company like Areva?  Finally, what about something like Nuclear Physics?

Brian

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