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Mechanical Engineering at Florida Polytechnic University

If you are interested in studying mechanical engineering, you may want to check out the program at Florida Polytechnic University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Florida Poly is located in Lakeland, Florida and has a total student population of 1,422. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 66 students received a bachelor's degree in ME from Florida Poly.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Mechanical Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

Florida Poly Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in ME

Florida Poly Mechanical Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the ME progam at Florida Poly compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The ME major at Florida Poly is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Mechanical Engineering. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type Rank
Most Focused Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools 4
Most Focused Mechanical Engineering Schools 4
Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools 194
Most Popular Mechanical Engineering Schools 213
Best Value Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools 225
Best Value Mechanical Engineering Schools 248
Best Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools 303
Best Mechanical Engineering Schools 306
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Earnings of Florida Poly ME Graduates

The median salary of ME students who receive their bachelor's degree at Florida Poly is $52,501. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $65,190 for all ME students.

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ME Student Demographics at Florida Poly

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the ME majors at Florida Polytechnic University.

Florida Poly Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

23% Women
32% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The ME program at Florida Poly awarded 66 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 77% of these degrees went to men with the other 23% going to women. The typical ME bachelor's degree program is made up of only 17% women. So female students are more repesented at Florida Poly since its program graduates 6% more women than average.

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About 59% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ME at Florida Poly are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% more racial-ethnic minorities in its ME bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Florida Polytechnic University with a bachelor's in ME.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 16
White 39
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

Florida Poly also has a doctoral program available in ME. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Careers That ME Grads May Go Into

A degree in ME can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for FL, the home state for Florida Polytechnic University.

Occupation Jobs in FL Average Salary in FL
Cost Estimators 13,220 $62,370
Mechanical Engineers 7,370 $87,770
Architectural and Engineering Managers 7,030 $129,850
Aerospace Engineers 2,750 $105,460
Engineering Professors 1,170 $117,170

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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