2025 Best Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Florida

a doctor's degree in engineering is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #4 out of 36 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 4 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Florida ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 530 doctor's degrees in engineering during the 2021-2022 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Engineering School for Your Doctor's Degree

The engineering doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on engineering students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of engineering students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt engineering students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized engineering related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for engineering students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools in Florida list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Engineering in Florida

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in engineering.

Top Florida Schools for a Doctorate in Engineering

1

University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

165 Annual Graduates

University of Florida is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in engineering. Located in the midsize city of Gainesville, UF is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in engineering from University of Florida

2

University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

136 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in engineering needs to check out University of Central Florida. UCF is a very large public university located in the suburb of Orlando.More information about a doctorate in engineering from University of Central Florida

3

University of South Florida - Main Campus
Tampa, FL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

75 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat University of South Florida - Main Campus if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in engineering. USF Tampa is a very large public university located in the large city of Tampa.More information about a doctorate in engineering from University of South Florida - Main Campus

4

Florida International University
Miami, FL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

44 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Florida International University if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in engineering. FIU is a very large public university located in the suburb of Miami.More information about a doctorate in engineering from Florida International University

Best Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Engineering Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Virginia	29	339
Georgia	28	416
Mississippi	28	59
South Carolina	28	131
North Carolina	26	381
Kentucky	26	64
Alabama	25	133
Tennessee	25	186
Louisiana	25	102
Arkansas	23	56
West Virginia	20	41

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Engineering Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering	145
Mechanical Engineering	80
Civil Engineering	56
Industrial Engineering	39
Biomedical Engineering	34
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	33
Materials Engineering	33
Computer Engineering	30
Chemical Engineering	25
Agricultural Engineering	14

Majors Similar to Engineering

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Biological & Biomedical Sciences	314
Physical Sciences	280
Agriculture & Agriculture Operations	181
Mathematics & Statistics	72
Natural Resources & Conservation	23
Architecture & Related Services	19
Engineering Technologies	1

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Petty Officer 3rd Class Declan Barnes. More about our data sources and methodologies.