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Optical Enginering at University of Central Florida

38% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

What traits are you looking for in a optical enginering school? To help you decide if University of Central Florida is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's optical enginering program.

UCF is located in Orlando, Florida and approximately 71,881 students attend the school each year.

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

UCF Optical Enginering Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Optical Enginering
Master’s Degree in Optical Enginering

Online Classes Are Available at UCF

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

UCF does offer online education options in optical enginering for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

Master’s Degree

UCF Optical Enginering Rankings

The optical enginering major at UCF is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Optical Enginering. 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 optical enginering, making the school the #1 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Optical Enginering Student Demographics at UCF

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the optical enginering majors at University of Central Florida.

UCF Optical Enginering Bachelor’s Program

19% Women

38% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 81% of optical enginering bachelor's degrees went to men and 19% went to women.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in optical enginering at UCF are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 17% more racial-ethnic minorities in its optical enginering bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UCF Optical Enginering Master’s Program

5% Women

32% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 95% of optical enginering master's degrees went to men and 5% went to women.

In the optical enginering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 32% of degree recipients. That is 11% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	8
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Electrical Engineering

Careers That Optical Enginering Grads May Go Into

A degree in optical enginering 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 University of Central Florida.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Engineers	8,570	$82,970
Architectural and Engineering Managers	7,030	$129,850
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.

College Factual
National Center for Education Statistics
O*NET Online
Image Credit: By Breezy Baldwin under License

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