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2022 Best Value OE Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

2 Ranked Colleges
7 Degrees Awarded
$37,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value OE Schools for a Master's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 58 ocean engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 7 ocean engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,887 and $46,998 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value OE Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in ocean engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent ocean engineering programs, but they also 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 ocean engineering program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value OE Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value OE Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Ocean Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

University of Delaware

Newark, Delaware

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Delaware. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value OE Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k. UD is a public institution located in Newark, Delaware. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UD, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Ocean Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Delaware are $35,192, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UD Ocean Engineering Report

#2

Stevens Institute of Technology

Hoboken, New Jersey
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Stevens Institute of Technology. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value OE Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Hoboken, New Jersey is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s OE degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

Stevens did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Ocean Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Stevens Institute of Technology are $38,876, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Stevens 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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