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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Ocean Engineering (Income $30-$48k)

5 Ranked Colleges
193 Degrees Awarded
$16,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value General OE Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 General OE Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

General Ocean Engineering is the 694th most popular major in the country with 302 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 193 general ocean engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General OE Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general ocean engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general ocean 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 general ocean engineering program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value General OE Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General OE Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Ocean Engineering (Income $30-$48k)

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value General OE Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #1 spot on the list. Texas A&M University - College Station is a large public school situated in College Station, Texas. It awarded 52 bachelors’s general OE degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas A&M College Station, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Ocean Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $13,270 for Bachelor’s Degree General OE students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Texas A&M University - College Station.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on General Ocean Engineering at Texas A&M University - College Station

#2

Florida Atlantic University

Boca Raton, Florida
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Florida Atlantic University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value General OE Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k. This large school is located in Boca Raton, Florida, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s general OE degrees in 2019-2020.

FAU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best General Ocean Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for FAU is $7,331 for bachelor’s degree general oe students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#3

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, Rhode Island
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Rhode Island. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value General OE Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k list. Kingston, Rhode Island is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general OE degrees to 30 students in 2019-2020.

URI not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best General Ocean Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $15,509 for Bachelor’s Degree General OE students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend URI.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Ocean Engineering at University of Rhode Island

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Hampshire - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value General OE Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k list. UNH is a fairly large public school situated in Durham, New Hampshire. It awarded 7 bachelors’s general OE degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree general oe students whose families make $30-$48k list, UNH has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best General Ocean Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UNH is $18,826 for bachelor’s degree general oe students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Ocean Engineering at University of New Hampshire - Main Campus

#5

Florida Institute of Technology

Melbourne, Florida
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Florida Institute of Technology. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value General OE Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k. Florida Tech is a medium-sized school located in Melbourne, Florida that handed out 25 bachelors’s general OE degrees in 2019-2020.

Florida Tech also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Ocean Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $27,860 for bachelor’s degree general oe students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Florida Tech.

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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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