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Hello,
I am a sophomore in college and as of now I am simply in "the college of engineering", but a few months down the line I will have to officially declare my choice for a major.
Listed as my first choice right now is Nuclear Engineering. I know I want to be an engineer, but I can't say that I have an interest in any particular type of engineering (they all seem interesting to me). I chose Nuclear Engineering because nuclear power/physics has always fascinated me, but also because I know that it is a smaller field. Maybe it's because I'm from a small town but the smaller class room size of NucE classes seem to appeal to me more than large MechE classes.
I have heard mixed things about the job outlook for nuclear engineers. I have read things that say that nuclear power plants haven't been build in the USA for a while now, and that it is a small field to begin with so there are few job openings in this field. I have also heard that nuclear engineers tend to get multiple job offers after graduation from power plant companies that need people to maintain nuclear power plants.
Nuclear engineering seems like a very narrow field as opposed to like mechanical engineering where you can get jobs from a wide variety of companies. It sort of seems risky to major in something that narrow because if the power industry doesn't need you you are pretty much out of luck. On the other hand there is mech engineering where there are so many more opportunities.
I guess I'm just worried that I might spend my last 2 years in college majoring in something I might not be able to find a job in.
Am I wrong to assume something like this may be true?
Does anyone have any experience in the nuclear engineering realm or have any knowledge into how the job outlook may be?
Anyone think that I may be heading down the wrong path and that I should consider other "safer" engineering majors (mechanical/civil/electrical)?
Thanks for the help
I am a sophomore in college and as of now I am simply in "the college of engineering", but a few months down the line I will have to officially declare my choice for a major.
Listed as my first choice right now is Nuclear Engineering. I know I want to be an engineer, but I can't say that I have an interest in any particular type of engineering (they all seem interesting to me). I chose Nuclear Engineering because nuclear power/physics has always fascinated me, but also because I know that it is a smaller field. Maybe it's because I'm from a small town but the smaller class room size of NucE classes seem to appeal to me more than large MechE classes.
I have heard mixed things about the job outlook for nuclear engineers. I have read things that say that nuclear power plants haven't been build in the USA for a while now, and that it is a small field to begin with so there are few job openings in this field. I have also heard that nuclear engineers tend to get multiple job offers after graduation from power plant companies that need people to maintain nuclear power plants.
Nuclear engineering seems like a very narrow field as opposed to like mechanical engineering where you can get jobs from a wide variety of companies. It sort of seems risky to major in something that narrow because if the power industry doesn't need you you are pretty much out of luck. On the other hand there is mech engineering where there are so many more opportunities.
I guess I'm just worried that I might spend my last 2 years in college majoring in something I might not be able to find a job in.
Am I wrong to assume something like this may be true?
Does anyone have any experience in the nuclear engineering realm or have any knowledge into how the job outlook may be?
Anyone think that I may be heading down the wrong path and that I should consider other "safer" engineering majors (mechanical/civil/electrical)?
Thanks for the help
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