by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Florida” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 11,796 people earned their degree in general engineering, making the major the 79th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, general engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $68,873 and had an average of $20,557 in loans still to pay off.
Across Florida, there were 18 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 13 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,198 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Florida” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in general engineering. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their general engineering program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
The engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Florida”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Florida”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Florida Polytechnic University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Florida. Lakeland, Florida is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s engineering degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Florida list. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach is a private not-for-profit institution located in Daytona Beach, Florida. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach General Engineering Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Florida Gulf Coast University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Florida. This fairly large school is located in Fort Myers, Florida, and it awarded 1 masters’s engineering degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Florida - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Florida list. Tampa, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s engineering degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full University of South Florida - Main Campus General Engineering Report
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Major in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of West Florida landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Pensacola, Florida, this fairly large public school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified masters’s engineering students in 2020-2021.
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