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2022 Best Value OE Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k

10 Ranked Colleges
68 Degrees Awarded
$29,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value OE Schools for a Master's For Those Making $75-$110k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value OE Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 68 ocean engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value OE Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 10 colleges that offered a degree 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value OE Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 10 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Ocean Engineering (Income $75-$110k)

#1

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Florida. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value OE Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k list. Gainesville, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s OE degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

UF also made our “Best Ocean Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #3. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Florida are $30,130.

Full University of Florida Ocean Engineering Report

#2

Florida Atlantic University

Boca Raton, Florida
#7 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 OE Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k. FAU is a large public school situated in Boca Raton, Florida. It awarded 15 masters’s OE degrees in 2019-2020.

FAU also made our “Best Ocean Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #7. Average graduate tuition and fees at Florida Atlantic University are $18,482, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Ocean Engineering at Florida Atlantic University

#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 #3 for the Best Value OE Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k. This large school is located in College Station, Texas, and it awarded 14 masters’s OE degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our master’s degree oe students whose families make $75-$110k list, Texas A&M College Station has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Ocean Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M College Station are $22,743, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Ocean Engineering at Texas A&M College Station

#4

University of Delaware

Newark, Delaware

Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value OE Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Delaware landed the #4 spot on the list. UD is a large public school situated in Newark, Delaware. It awarded 1 masters’s OE degrees in 2019-2020.

UD also took the #0 spot in our “Best Ocean Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Delaware are $35,192.

Full UD Ocean Engineering Report

#5

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, Rhode Island
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Rhode Island. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value OE Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k. University of Rhode Island is a fairly large school located in Kingston, Rhode Island that handed out 11 masters’s OE degrees in 2019-2020.

URI also made our “Best Ocean Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #6. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at URI are $29,082.

Full URI Ocean Engineering Report

#9 in overall quality

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value OE Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College is a large public school situated in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It awarded 3 masters’s OE degrees in 2019-2020.

Louisiana State University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #9 on our “Best Ocean Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College are $29,970.

Read more about Ocean Engineering at Louisiana State University

#5 in overall quality

University of New Hampshire - Main Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value OE Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k list. UNH is a fairly large public school situated in Durham, New Hampshire. It awarded 4 masters’s OE degrees in 2019-2020.

UNH not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Ocean Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UNH are $29,970.

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#8

Florida Institute of Technology

Melbourne, Florida
#2 in overall quality

Florida Institute of Technology ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value OE Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k list. This medium-sized school is located in Melbourne, Florida, and it awarded 6 masters’s OE degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our master’s degree oe students whose families make $75-$110k list, Florida Tech has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Ocean Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Florida Tech are $22,588, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#9

Stevens Institute of Technology

Hoboken, New Jersey
#4 in overall quality

Stevens Institute of Technology came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value OE Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. Stevens Institute of Technology is a medium-sized school located in Hoboken, New Jersey that handed out 6 masters’s OE degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our master’s degree oe students whose families make $75-$110k list, Stevens has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Ocean Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Stevens are $38,876, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#10

University of Miami

Coral Gables, Florida
#8 in overall quality

University of Miami ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value OE Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Coral Gables, Florida, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 2 degrees to qualified masters’s OE students in 2019-2020.

U Miami not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best Ocean Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at U Miami are $40,220.

Read full report on Ocean Engineering at University of Miami

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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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