2022 Best Value OE Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region

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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 Southeast region, there were 113 ocean engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $30,328 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 32 ocean engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value OE Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in ocean engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality ocean engineering programs that also have a lower cost than 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value OE Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree oe students.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Ocean Engineering in the Southeast Region

#1

Florida Institute of Technology

Melbourne, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$22,588 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Florida Institute of Technology. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value OE Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. Melbourne, Florida 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.

Florida Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Ocean Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Florida Tech are $22,588, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Florida Atlantic University

Boca Raton, Florida

#3 in overall quality

$18,482 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

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 in the Southeast Region. FAU is a large public school situated in Boca Raton, Florida. It awarded 15 masters’s OE degrees in 2019-2020.

FAU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Ocean Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Florida Atlantic University are $18,482.

Read more about Ocean Engineering at Florida Atlantic University

#3

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida

#2 in overall quality

$30,130 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Florida. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value OE Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. UF is a large school located in Gainesville, Florida that handed out 6 masters’s OE degrees in 2019-2020.

UF did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Ocean Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UF are $30,130, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#4

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

#4 in overall quality

$29,970 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value OE Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. 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 did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Ocean Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College are $29,970, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Ocean Engineering at Louisiana State University

• Best Value Master’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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