2023 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Systems Engineering in Florida

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Systems Engineering Major in Florida for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 3,904 people earned their degree in systems engineering, making the major the 160th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, systems engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $89,736 and had an average of $21,799 in loans still to pay off.

Across Florida, there were 473 systems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $92,061 and $22,260 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 systems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $69,244 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Systems Engineering Major in Florida for a Doctorate” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in systems engineering. To top this list, a school must have a successful systems engineering program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Systems Engineering Major in Florida for a Doctorate” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Most Well Attended Systems Engineering Major in Florida for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for florida doctor’s degree systems engineering students.

Top 2 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Systems Engineering in Florida

1

University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida

#1 overall quality in Florida

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Systems Engineering Major in Florida for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Florida landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Florida is a public institution located in Gainesville, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full UF Systems Engineering Report

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Florida Institute of Technology
Melbourne, Florida

#7 overall quality in Florida

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida Institute of Technology. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Systems Engineering Major in Florida for a Doctorate list. Florida Tech is a private not-for-profit institution located in Melbourne, Florida. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Systems Engineering at Florida Tech

• Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Systems Engineering in the Southeast Region
• Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Systems Engineering

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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