The University of Central Florida

Date: Jan 20 2007
Major: Electrical Engineering (This Major's Salary over time)
My situation was different than most. After getting out of the military, I had to go to start my degree at a community college. I finished my core Engineering classes at Valencia and transferred to UCF as an Electrical Engineering major. Having said that, if you get an AA, you can pretty much transfer to any of the Florida public institutions but not always the program of your choice. I graduated in 2004 so EE requirements may have changed. I know they just build a brand new Eng 3 building strictly for EE and CE majors. I really enjoyed my time at UCF and I'm hoping my kids go there as well. There are a lot of UCF alum in Orlando, so if you're looking to do an internship or a job after graduation at a Fortune 500 engineering company such as Lockheed, Northrop Grumman, Siemens, and Harris, if you go to UCF you'll have an in with them since I work with many of them and we hire a lot of UCF engineering grads. I know Lockheed Martin even does an annual Coaches Presentation with George O'Leary. I had a lot of great Eng professors at UCF and they all prepared my well for my future as an EE. UCF is spending millions of dollars in improvements and new buildings, a 12K person basketball arena, on campus football stadium, on-campus housing, and without a doubt, it will soon be a flagship university in the state. Besides, downtown Orlando (churchstreet) is a great place party at night.