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Engineering at Florida Atlantic University

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

FAU is located in Boca Raton, Florida and approximately 30,805 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 66 students received their master's degree in engineering.

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

FAU Engineering Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Engineering
  • Doctorate Degree in Engineering

Online Classes Are Available at FAU

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? FAU offers distance education options for engineering at the following degree levels:

  • Master’s Degree

FAU Engineering Rankings

There were 9 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #177 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at FAU

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

FAU Engineering Master’s Program

27% Women
27% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 66 engineering students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from FAU, about 73% were men and 27% were women.

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In the engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 27% of degree recipients. That is 10% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 5
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 8
White 25
International Students 23
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Concentrations Within Engineering

Engineering majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Florida Atlantic University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Civil Engineering 17
Mechanical Engineering 17
Ocean Engineering 15
Biomedical Engineering 12
Computer Engineering 10
Electrical Engineering 6

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering 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 Florida Atlantic University.

Occupation Jobs in FL Average Salary in FL
Software Applications Developers 38,160 $95,610
Systems Software Developers 17,270 $102,590
Civil Engineers 16,750 $89,480
Cost Estimators 13,220 $62,370
Industrial Engineers 10,570 $77,410

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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