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2022 Best Value General OE Schools for a Bachelor’s

5 Ranked Colleges
193 Degrees Awarded
$21,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value General OE Schools for a Bachelor's

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value General OE Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 302 people earned their degree in general ocean engineering, making the major the 694th most popular in the United States.

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” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value General OE Schools for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General OE Schools for a Bachelor’s.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Ocean Engineering

#1

Florida Atlantic University

Boca Raton, Florida
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value General OE Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida Atlantic University landed the #1 spot on the list. Florida Atlantic University is a large public school situated in Boca Raton, Florida. It awarded 24 bachelors’s general OE degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree general oe students list, FAU has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best General Ocean Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for FAU is $10,186 for Bachelor’s Degree General OE students.

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#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value General OE Schools for a Bachelor’s. This large school is located in College Station, Texas, and it awarded 52 bachelors’s general OE degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station also made our “Best General Ocean Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Texas A&M College Station is $19,057 for bachelor’s degree general oe students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. 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%.

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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 list. URI is a fairly large school located in Kingston, Rhode Island that handed out 30 bachelors’s general OE degrees in 2019-2020.

URI did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best General Ocean Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Rhode Island is $20,607 for bachelor’s degree general oe students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The low student loan default rate of 4.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full University of Rhode Island General Ocean Engineering Report

#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 list. University of New Hampshire - Main Campus 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 list, UNH has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best General Ocean Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $24,067 for bachelor’s degree general oe students per year to attend University of New Hampshire - Main Campus.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 2.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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#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. Florida Institute of Technology is a private not-for-profit institution located in Melbourne, Florida. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 25 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Florida Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Ocean Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Florida Institute of Technology is $31,097 for bachelor’s degree general oe students.

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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%.

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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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