2023 Best Value Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Florida
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Engineering Bachelor's Degree School for You
In 2020-2021, engineering students earned 9,040 degrees and certificates from a Florida school, making the subject the 7th in the state.
When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Florida to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 13 schools in Florida to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for engineering students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Top 10 Best Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named University of Florida the best value school in Florida for engineering students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Gainesville, UF is a public school with a fairly large student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UF are $6,381 per year.
UF not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Florida list.
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Out of the 13 schools in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Florida landed the # 2 spot on the list. UCF is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Orlando.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UCF are $6,368 a year.
In addition to its great value ranking, UCF is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Florida list.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Florida State University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Florida list. Florida State is a very large public school located in the city of Tallahassee.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Florida State are $6,517 per year.
Florida State also took the #5 spot in our Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Florida rankings.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Florida International University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Florida list. FIU is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Miami.
FIU undergraduate students pay an average of $6,565 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its great value ranking, FIU is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Florida list.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of South Florida - Main Campus is a great value for engineering students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of Tampa, USF Tampa is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at USF Tampa are $6,410 a year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, USF Tampa also is in the top 15% of our Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Florida ranking.
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University of North Florida ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Florida list. Located in the large city of Jacksonville, UNF is a public school with a fairly large student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UNF are $5,964 per year.
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Florida Atlantic University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for engineering students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the city of Boca Raton, FAU is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at FAU are $4,879 a year.
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With a ranking of #8, Florida Gulf Coast University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for engineering students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the large suburb of Fort Myers, FGCU is a public school with a large student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at FGCU are $6,118 per year.
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Florida Polytechnic University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Florida ranking. Located in the rural area of Lakeland, Florida Poly is a public college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Florida Poly are $4,940 a year.
Florida Poly also claimed a spot on our Best Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Florida list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.
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The University of West Florida landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree engineering programs. Located in the city of Pensacola, UWF is a public college with a large student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UWF are $5,776 per year.
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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North Carolina | 5,126 |
West Virginia | 990 |
Mississippi | 1,512 |
South Carolina | 2,318 |
Virginia | 5,181 |
Arkansas | 1,082 |
Alabama | 3,927 |
Kentucky | 1,343 |
Georgia | 5,301 |
Tennessee | 2,281 |
Louisiana | 1,832 |
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Engineering Related Majors for Engineering
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Majors Similar to Engineering
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Computer & Information Sciences | 254,454 |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences | 177,778 |
Engineering Technologies | 85,188 |
Mathematics & Statistics | 52,396 |
Physical Sciences | 50,306 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 13 schools only.
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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