Mechanical Engineering at University of Florida

If you are interested in studying mechanical engineering, you may want to check out the program at University of Florida. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UF is located in Gainesville, Florida and has a total student population of 53,372. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 373 students received a bachelor's degree in ME from UF.

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

UF Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in ME
• Master’s Degree in ME
• Doctorate Degree in ME

Online Classes Are Available at UF

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.

UF does offer online education options in ME for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

UF Mechanical Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the ME progam at UF compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

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

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	52

In 2021, 138 students received their master’s degree in ME from UF. This makes it the #5 most popular school for ME master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 30 students who received their doctoral degrees in ME, making the school the #10 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do ME Graduates from UF Make?

The median salary of ME students who receive their bachelor's degree at UF is $67,197. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 3% higher than the national average of $65,190 for all ME bachelor's degree recipients.

ME Student Demographics at UF

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

UF Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 373 ME majors earned their bachelor's degree from UF. Of these graduates, 82% were men and 18% were women. The typical ME bachelor's degree program is made up of only 17% women. So female students are more repesented at UF since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

About 53% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in ME at UF 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 ME 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 ME.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	31
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	99
White	199
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	21

UF Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 138 ME majors earned their master's degree from UF. Of these graduates, 87% were men and 13% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	33
International Students	78
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

UF also has a doctoral program available in ME. In 2021, 30 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

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

Careers That ME Grads May Go Into

A degree in ME 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
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 DouglasGreen under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.