2027 Best Value Ocean Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region
[Ocean Engineering](/majors/engineering/oe-ocean-engineering/) degree programs vary widely in price and payoff across the country. The best values balance affordable tuition against strong post-graduation earnings.
For its 2027 best-value ranking, College Factual looked at 1 schools to find the best return on investment for ocean engineering students.
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2027 Best Value Ocean Engineering Schools in the Southwest Region
If you want to know which schools deliver the best value for the ocean engineering degrees they offer, see the list below.
Best Value Ocean Engineering Schools
Leading the list is Texas A And M University College Station, our #1 best value for ocean engineering in the Southwest Region. Texas A And M University College Station is a very large public school located in the city of College Station. Expect in-state tuition and fees of around $12,995, compared with $40,124 for out-of-state students. Typical student debt for ocean engineering graduates is $26,000. Early-career ocean engineering graduates make about $71,788. That is a strong return on a $26,000 median debt. The acceptance rate is 57%.
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Notes and References
The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2027 edition. Schools are scored on the balance of cost (tuition and student debt) against student outcomes (post-graduation earnings) — a measure of return on investment, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 1 school evaluated.
*Averages shown above reflect the one ranked school only.
- 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).
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