2022 Best Value OE Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region

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 Value OE Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region” 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.

Across the New England region, there were 59 ocean engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $25,000 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 ocean engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,889 and $109,372 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent ocean engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the ocean engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Value OE Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region”.

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Best Value OE Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value OE Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Ocean Engineering in the New England Region

#1

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, Rhode Island

#1 in overall quality

$29,082 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value OE Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Rhode Island landed the #1 spot on the list. URI is a public institution located in Kingston, Rhode Island. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region doctor’s degree oe students list, URI has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Ocean Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at URI are $29,082, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Ocean Engineering at University of Rhode Island

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Ocean Engineering

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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