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Chemical Engineering at University of Florida

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

UF is located in Gainesville, Florida and approximately 53,372 students attend the school each year. Of the 9,775 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Florida in 2021, 99 of them were chemical engineering majors.

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

UF Chemical Engineering Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Chem Eng
  • Master’s Degree in Chem Eng
  • Doctorate Degree in Chem Eng

UF Chemical Engineering Rankings

The chem eng major at UF is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Chemical 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.

In 2021, 35 students received their master’s degree in chem eng from UF. This makes it the #13 most popular school for chem eng master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 10 students who received their doctoral degrees in chem eng, making the school the #39 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Chem Eng Graduates from UF Make?

The median salary of chem eng students who receive their bachelor's degree at UF is $72,850. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 10% higher than the national average of $66,101 for all chem eng bachelor's degree recipients.

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Chem Eng Student Demographics at UF

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

UF Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

43% Women
36% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 99 chem eng students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UF, about 57% were men and 43% were women. The typical chem eng bachelor's degree program is made up of only 38% women. So female students are more repesented at UF since its program graduates 6% more women than average.

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About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in chem eng at UF are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% more racial-ethnic minorities in its chem eng 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 chem eng.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 10
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 20
White 59
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 8

UF Chemical Engineering Master’s Program

34% Women
11% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The chem eng program at UF awarded 35 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 66% of these degrees went to men with the other 34% going to women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 3
International Students 28
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

UF also has a doctoral program available in chem eng. In 2021, 10 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Careers That Chem Eng Grads May Go Into

A degree in chem eng 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
Chemical Engineers 340 $96,120

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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