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Mechanical Engineering at The University of West Florida

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Mechanical Engineering at The University of West Florida

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

UWF is located in Pensacola, Florida and approximately 13,061 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,407 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from The University of West Florida in 2021, 55 of them were mechanical engineering majors.

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.

UWF Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in ME

UWF Mechanical Engineering Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The ME major at UWF 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
Best Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools 279

ME Student Demographics at UWF

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

UWF Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

15% Women
13% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 55 students earned a bachelor's degree in ME from UWF. About 15% of these graduates were women and the other 85% were men.

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About 82% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ME 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 ME.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 45
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

UWF 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 The University of West Florida.

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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