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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Ocean Engineering (Income $75-$110k)

5 Ranked Colleges
193 Degrees Awarded
$24,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value OE Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Making $75-$110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value OE Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 302 people earned their degree in ocean engineering, making the major the 297th most popular in the United States. 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.

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

This year’s “Best Value OE Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in ocean engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great ocean engineering programs and cost less that 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value OE Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree oe students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Ocean Engineering (Income $75-$110k)

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 #1 for the Best Value OE Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k. This large school is located in College Station, Texas, and it awarded 52 bachelors’s OE degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Ocean Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Texas A&M University - College Station is $26,028 for bachelor’s degree oe students whose families make $75-$110k.

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 Ocean Engineering at Texas A&M College Station

#2

Florida Atlantic University

Boca Raton, Florida

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 Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k list. This large school is located in Boca Raton, Florida, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s OE degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at FAU, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Ocean Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $16,249 for bachelor’s degree oe students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend FAU.

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#3

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, Rhode Island

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Rhode Island. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value OE Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k list. University of Rhode Island is a public institution located in Kingston, Rhode Island. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 30 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

URI also made our “Best Ocean Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for University of Rhode Island is $23,709 for Bachelor’s Degree OE students whose families make $75-$110k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Ocean Engineering at University of Rhode Island

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Hampshire - Main Campus. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value OE Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k. UNH is a public institution located in Durham, New Hampshire. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UNH not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Ocean Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend UNH is $25,668 for bachelor’s degree oe students whose families make $75-$110k.

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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Ocean Engineering at UNH

#5

Florida Institute of Technology

Melbourne, Florida

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value OE Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida Institute of Technology landed the #5 spot on the list. Florida Tech is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Melbourne, Florida. It awarded 25 bachelors’s OE degrees in 2019-2020.

Florida Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Ocean Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $32,188 for Bachelor’s Degree OE students whose families make $75-$110k 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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