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2022 Best Value OE Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

3 Ranked Colleges
10 Degrees Awarded
$23,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value OE Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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 OE Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Ocean Engineering is the 297th most popular major in the country with 302 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, ocean engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $61,200 and had an average of $26,965 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 113 ocean engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $30,328 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 10 ocean engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value OE Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in ocean engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality ocean engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the ocean engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value OE Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree oe students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Ocean Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Florida. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value OE Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. UF is a large public school situated in Gainesville, Florida. It awarded 3 doctorate’s OE degrees in 2019-2020.

UF not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Ocean Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UF are $30,130, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UF Ocean Engineering Report

#2

Florida Atlantic University

Boca Raton, Florida
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida Atlantic University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value OE Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Florida Atlantic University is a large public school situated in Boca Raton, Florida. It awarded 5 doctorate’s OE degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at FAU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Ocean Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at FAU are $18,482, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Ocean Engineering at FAU

#3

Florida Institute of Technology

Melbourne, Florida
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida Institute of Technology. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value OE Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Melbourne, Florida, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s OE students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region doctor’s degree oe students whose families make $0-$30k list, Florida Tech has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Ocean Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Florida Institute of Technology are $22,588.

Full Florida Institute of Technology Ocean Engineering Report

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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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