How broad is nuclear engineering?

[xholicwriter]

I wonder

How broad is nuclear engineering?
Is nuclear engineering in high demand?
Should I take EECS and ME to enrich my engineering skills?

I'd like to get a BA in Business and a BS in NE. Which areas of nuclear engineering (energy, nuclear medicine, nuclear materials ...) will make my business degree more marketable?

Thank you

 

[SteamKing]

Are you more interested in engineering or are you more interested in business?

 

[xholicwriter]

I'm interested more in engineering.

 

[QuantumPion]

At the present time jobs in nuclear power engineering can be hard to come by, due to a large number of graduating students expecting a nuclear resurgence or retirement boom which didn't pan out. The combination of the Fukushima incident, natural gas fracking, and regulatory environment has put a damper in nuclear power's future for the near term. As far as nuclear medicine is concerned, I have no idea.

If you are primarily interested in a technical degree to get your foot in the door on the road to business school/management you'd probably be better off with a more generic and flexible degree such as mechanical or electrical engineering.

 

[xholicwriter]

What about nuclear materials, nuclear physics, nuclear non-proliferation, radiation detection?

 

[QuantumPion]

What about nuclear materials, nuclear physics, nuclear non-proliferation, radiation detection?

These fields are more likely to require a masters degree or higher to get into.