Mechanical Engineering at University of Florida

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

UF is located in Gainesville, Florida and approximately 53,372 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 138 students received their master's degree in ME.

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

UF Mechanical Engineering Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in ME
• Doctorate Degree in ME

Online Classes Are Available at UF

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, UF does offer online courses in ME for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

UF Mechanical Engineering Rankings

There were 30 students who received their doctoral degrees in ME, making the school the #10 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

ME Student Demographics at UF

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

UF Mechanical Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 87% of ME master's degrees went to men and 13% went to women.

In the ME master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 18% of degree recipients. That is 1% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	33
International Students	78
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Related Majors

• Nuclear Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Ocean Engineering
• Agricultural Engineering
• Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering

Careers That ME Grads May Go Into

A degree in ME 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 Florida.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Cost Estimators	13,220	$62,370
Mechanical Engineers	7,370	$87,770
Architectural and Engineering Managers	7,030	$129,850
Aerospace Engineers	2,750	$105,460
Engineering Professors	1,170	$117,170

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 DouglasGreen under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.