2024 Best General Ocean Engineering Schools in the New England Region

General Ocean Engineering isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #732 in popularity out of 1506 majors in the country. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the New England Region to determine which ones were the best for general ocean engineering students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 60 degrees in general ocean engineering during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall General Ocean Engineering Schools List

Pick Your General Ocean Engineering Degree Level

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best General Ocean Engineering Schools in the New England Region list to help you make the college decision. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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Best Schools for General Ocean Engineering in the New England Region

Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the general oe degree levels they offer.

Top New England Region Schools in General OE

1

University of New Hampshire - Main Campus
Durham, NH

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

26.1% Growth in Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in general ocean engineering needs to look into University of New Hampshire - Main Campus. UNH is a large public university located in the small suburb of Durham.More information about a degree in general ocean engineering from University of New Hampshire - Main Campus

2

University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

37 General OE Degrees Awarded

University of Rhode Island is a great decision for students interested in a degree in general ocean engineering. URI is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Kingston.More information about a degree in general ocean engineering from University of Rhode Island

Best General Ocean Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best general ocean engineering colleges for a specific state in the New England Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Rhode Island	436	37
New Hampshire	395	16

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Rankings in Majors Related to General OE

General Ocean Engineering is one of 0 different types of Ocean Engineering programs to choose from.

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).
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