Computer Engineering at University of South Florida - Main Campus

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

USF Tampa is located in Tampa, Florida and has a total student population of 50,626. Of the 10,333 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of South Florida - Main Campus in 2021, 43 of them were computer engineering majors.

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

USF Tampa Computer Engineering Degrees Available

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

USF Tampa Computer Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the CE progam at USF Tampa 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 CE major at USF Tampa is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computer 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 Computer Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	146

In 2021, 8 students received their master’s degree in CE from USF Tampa. This makes it the #84 most popular school for CE master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 20 students who received their doctoral degrees in CE, making the school the #3 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do CE Graduates from USF Tampa Make?

The median salary of CE students who receive their bachelor's degree at USF Tampa is $68,306. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $70,001 for all CE students.

CE Student Demographics at USF Tampa

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

USF Tampa Computer Engineering Bachelor’s Program

The CE program at USF Tampa awarded 43 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 79% of these degrees went to men with the other 21% going to women. The typical CE bachelor's degree program is made up of only 19% women. So female students are more repesented at USF Tampa since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% more racial-ethnic minorities in its CE 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 CE.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	16
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

USF Tampa Computer Engineering Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 CE majors earned their master's degree from USF Tampa. Of these graduates, 75% were men and 25% were women.

In the CE master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 38% of degree recipients. That is 5% better 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 master's in CE.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

USF Tampa also has a doctoral program available in CE. In 2021, 20 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Materials Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Industrial Engineering
• Civil Engineering

Careers That CE Grads May Go Into

A degree in CE 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
Software Applications Developers	38,160	$95,610
Systems Software Developers	17,270	$102,590
Computer Network Architects	10,280	$91,180
Architectural and Engineering Managers	7,030	$129,850
Computer Hardware Engineers	2,090	$97,830

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.