Engineering at Florida State University

33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you plan to study engineering, take a look at what Florida State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Florida State is located in Tallahassee, Florida and has a total student population of 43,569.

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

Florida State Engineering Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
Master’s Degree in Engineering

Florida State Engineering Rankings

The engineering major at Florida State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for 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.

There were 21 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #124 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at Florida State

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

Florida State Engineering Bachelor’s Program

29% Women

33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 71% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 29% went to women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% women. So female students are more repesented at Florida State since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering at Florida State are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% more racial-ethnic minorities in its engineering bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	13
Black or African American	24
Hispanic or Latino	65
White	205
International Students	29
Other Races/Ethnicities	24

Florida State Engineering Master’s Program

32% Women

22% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 68% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 32% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	53
International Students	33
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Concentrations Within Engineering

Engineering majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Florida State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Mechanical Engineering	109
Civil Engineering	98
Chemical Engineering	51
Electrical Engineering	49
Industrial Engineering	47
Computer Engineering	34
Biomedical Engineering	22
Systems Engineering	14

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering 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 State University.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Software Applications Developers	38,160	$95,610
Systems Software Developers	17,270	$102,590
Civil Engineers	16,750	$89,480
Cost Estimators	13,220	$62,370
Industrial Engineers	10,570	$77,410

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.

College Factual
National Center for Education Statistics
O*NET Online
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