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.

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

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.

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.

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

For the most recent academic year available, 57% of chem eng bachelor's degrees went to men and 43% went to women. The typical chem eng bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% women. So female students are more repesented at UF since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% 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.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	17
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	27
White	48
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

UF Chemical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 66% of chem eng master's degrees went to men and 34% went to women.

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.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	5
International Students	22
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Chemical Engineering

The following chem eng concentations are available at University of Florida. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Florida. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Chemical Engineering	144

Related Majors

• Ocean Engineering
• Nuclear Engineering
• Biological Engineering
• Agricultural Engineering
• Environmental Engineering

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.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.