General Mechanical Engineering at University of Central Florida

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

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 General Mechanical Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

UCF General Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UCF

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UCF offers distance education options for general mechanical engineering at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

UCF General Mechanical Engineering Rankings

The general mechanical engineering major at UCF is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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.

There were 26 students who received their doctoral degrees in general mechanical engineering, making the school the #15 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

General Mechanical Engineering Student Demographics at UCF

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

UCF General Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 81% of general mechanical engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 19% went to women. The typical general mechanical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% women. So female students are more repesented at UCF since its program graduates 1% more women than average.

About 51% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general mechanical engineering at UCF are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% more racial-ethnic minorities in its general mechanical engineering 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 general mechanical engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	43
Black or African American	18
Hispanic or Latino	113
White	218
International Students	17
Other Races/Ethnicities	15

UCF General Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 96% of general mechanical engineering master's degrees went to men and 4% went to women.

In the general mechanical engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 49% of degree recipients. That is 19% 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 general mechanical engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	19
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Careers That General Mechanical Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in general mechanical 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 University of Central 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.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.