2022 Best Vallue OE Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Vallue OE Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Southwest region, there were 68 ocean engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,200 and $22,204 respectively.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The oe school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Vallue OE Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k”.

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Best Vallue OE Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region oe students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Ocean Engineering (Income Over $110k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas A&M University - College Station

College Station, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$19,057 Average Net Price

$53,657 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Vallue OE Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Located in College Station, Texas, this large public school awarded 68 diplomas to qualified ’s OE students in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station also made our “Best Ocean Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $19,057 for Southwest Region OE students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Texas A&M University - College Station.

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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Texas A&M University - College Station Ocean Engineering Report

• Best Value Colleges for Ocean Engineering (Income Over $110k)

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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