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Engineering (all) at Florida

Florida graduates about 1,211 engineering majors a year, 13% of its graduating class. That puts it 52nd of 434 schools we score for engineering, a standout program at 86 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $101,000 four years out, 1.05× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $154 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

86/100Standout#52 of 434 for engineering →
Graduates a year1,21113% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$101,0001.05× the same major nationally
Research in the field$154Ma year, NSF
Admit rate20%whole school
SAT middle 50%1300–1490whole school

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Where engineering happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Agricultural Engineering Field Lab, Agricultural Engineering Building, Agricultural Engineering Shop, Engineering HR South, IFAS Information Technologies, Chemical Engineering Solvent Storage, Particle Science & Technology, Chemical Engineering Student Center, Materials Engineering, Chemical Engineering Building, Wertheim Laboratory for Engineering Excellence, New Engineering Building.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 220 · Dorm 78 · Student housing 45 · Athletics 33 · Dining 14 · Arts 6.

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Nearby in the engineering ranking

  1. Santa Clara University 87
  2. Bucknell University 87
  3. Lafayette College 87
  4. North Carolina State University 86
  5. New York University 86
  6. Worcester Polytechnic Institute 85
  7. University of Rochester 85
  8. University of Chicago 85

Other strong majors at Florida

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Florida with every school we score in engineering. It weighs the school's overall strength; how many students graduate in the major and what share of the class they are; research spending in the field (NSF); early pay against the same major nationally; how many courses the catalog lists; and test scores. 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.

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