Chemical Engineering at University of South Florida - Main Campus

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

USF Tampa is located in Tampa, Florida and approximately 50,626 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 143 students received a bachelor's degree in chem eng from USF Tampa.

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.

USF Tampa Chemical Engineering Degrees Available

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

USF Tampa Chemical Engineering Rankings

The chem eng major at USF Tampa 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, 11 students received their master’s degree in chem eng from USF Tampa. This makes it the #41 most popular school for chem eng master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in chem eng, making the school the #89 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of USF Tampa Chem Eng Graduates

The median salary of chem eng students who receive their bachelor's degree at USF Tampa is $61,216. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $66,101 for all chem eng students.

Chem Eng Student Demographics at USF Tampa

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

USF Tampa Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 143 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in chem eng from USF Tampa in 2021, 56% were men and 44% were women. The typical chem eng bachelor's degree program is made up of only 38% women. So female students are more repesented at USF Tampa since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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 South Florida - Main Campus with a bachelor's in chem eng.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	27
White	54
International Students	34
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

USF Tampa Chemical Engineering Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 chem eng majors earned their master's degree from USF Tampa. Of these graduates, 73% were men and 27% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

USF Tampa also has a doctoral program available in chem eng. In 2021, 3 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Materials Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Industrial 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 South Florida - Main Campus.

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 Rick DeBow under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.