2026 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 2026 best-value ranking, College Factual looked at 1 schools to find the best return on investment for ocean engineering students.
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2026 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
For return on investment in ocean engineering, no school beat Texas A And M University College Station this year. Set in the city of College Station, Texas A And M University College Station is a very large public institution. Students from in state pay about $12,995 in tuition and fees, compared with $40,124 for out-of-state students. Ocean Engineering graduates carry a median of $26,000 in student loans. Early-career ocean engineering graduates make about $71,788. That is a strong return on a $26,000 median debt. Roughly 57% of applicants are accepted.
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Notes and References
This ranking is produced by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs the cost of a degree against the earnings graduates go on to achieve, 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 top 1 ranked schools 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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