Biological Engineering at University of Florida

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

UF is located in Gainesville, Florida and approximately 53,372 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 17 students received a bachelor's degree in biological engineering from UF.

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

UF Biological Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biological Engineering

UF Biological Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks biological engineering programs across the country. The following shows how UF performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The biological engineering major at UF is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Biological 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
Most Popular Biological Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	7

Biological Engineering Student Demographics at UF

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

UF Biological Engineering Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 17 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in biological engineering from UF. About 41% were men and 59% were women.

About 59% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in biological engineering at UF are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% more racial-ethnic minorities in its biological 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 Florida with a bachelor's in biological engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	10
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UF also has a doctoral program available in biological engineering. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Nuclear Engineering
• Ocean Engineering
• Agricultural Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Materials Engineering

Careers That Biological Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in biological 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 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
Biomedical Engineers	530	$78,670

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 DouglasGreen under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.