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2022 Best Value Naval Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s

7 Ranked Colleges
407 Degrees Awarded
$17,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Naval Architecture Schools for a Bachelor's

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Naval Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering is the 589th most popular major in the country with 474 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 407 naval architecture and marine engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Naval Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in naval architecture and marine engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great naval architecture and marine engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the naval architecture and marine engineering program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Naval Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree naval architecture students.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering

#1

Maine Maritime Academy

Castine, Maine
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Maine Maritime Academy. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Naval Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Maine Maritime is a small public school situated in Castine, Maine. It awarded 71 bachelors’s naval architecture degrees in 2019-2020.

Maine Maritime also took the #1 spot in our “Best Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Maine Maritime Academy is $23,239 for Bachelor’s Degree Naval Architecture students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Full Maine Maritime Academy Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering Report

#2

Massachusetts Maritime Academy

Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Massachusetts Maritime Academy. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Naval Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s naval architecture degrees to 83 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Maritime, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Massachusetts Maritime Academy is $20,485 for bachelor’s degree naval architecture students.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Maritime Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering Report

#3

University of New Orleans

New Orleans, Louisiana
#7 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Naval Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Orleans landed the #3 spot on the list. UNO is a medium-sized school located in New Orleans, Louisiana that handed out 16 bachelors’s naval architecture degrees in 2019-2020.

UNO did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $11,193 for bachelor’s degree naval architecture students per year to attend University of New Orleans.

Read full report on Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering at UNO

#4

SUNY Maritime College

Throggs Neck, New York
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Naval Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY Maritime College landed the #4 spot on the list. SUNY Maritime College is a small school located in Throggs Neck, New York that handed out 38 bachelors’s naval architecture degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SUNY Maritime College, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend SUNY Maritime College is $20,616 for bachelor’s degree naval architecture students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full SUNY Maritime College Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering Report

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Naval Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Texas A&M University - College Station is a large public school situated in College Station, Texas. It awarded 32 bachelors’s naval architecture degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $19,057 for bachelor’s degree naval architecture students per year to attend Texas A&M College Station.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Texas A&M College Station Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering Report

#3 in overall quality

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Naval Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, this large public school awarded 27 degrees to qualified bachelors’s naval architecture students in 2019-2020.

U-M did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $15,336 for Bachelor’s Degree Naval Architecture students per year to attend U-M.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

#7

Webb Institute

Glen Cove, New York
#6 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, Webb Institute did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Naval Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s list. This small school is located in Glen Cove, New York, and it awarded 25 bachelors’s naval architecture degrees in 2019-2020.

Webb Institute also made our “Best Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #6. The yearly cost to attend Webb Institute is $15,684 for bachelor’s degree naval architecture students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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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

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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