Engineering at The University of West Florida

Every engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the engineering program at The University of West Florida stacks up to those at other schools.

UWF is located in Pensacola, Florida and approximately 13,061 students attend the school each year.

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

UWF Engineering Degrees Available

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

UWF Engineering Rankings

The engineering major at UWF 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.

Engineering Student Demographics at UWF

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

UWF Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 87% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 13% went to women.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering at UWF are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	94
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

UWF Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 86% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 14% went to women.

Of the students who received a engineering master's degree from UWF, 86% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Engineering

If you plan to be a engineering major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at The University of West Florida. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Mechanical Engineering	55
Electrical Engineering	39
Computer Engineering	14

Related Majors

• Physical Sciences
• Engineering Technologies
• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences

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 The University of West Florida.

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
• Image Credit: By Ebyabe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.