by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on OE Major” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 285 people earned their degree in ocean engineering, making the major the 306th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, ocean engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $61,550 and had an average of $24,820 in loans still to pay off.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 173 ocean engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on OE Major” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in ocean engineering. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in ocean engineering.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on OE Major”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend United States Naval Academy. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on OE Major. Annapolis is a public institution located in Annapolis, Maryland. The school has a small population, and it awarded 40 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Ocean Engineering at United States Naval Academy
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on OE Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida Institute of Technology landed the #2 spot on the list. Florida Institute of Technology is located in Melbourne, Florida and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 34 bachelors’s OE degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Rhode Island. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on OE Major list. University of Rhode Island is a public institution located in Kingston, Rhode Island. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 27 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern Michigan College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on OE Major list. This small school is located in Traverse City, Michigan, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s OE degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida Atlantic University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on OE Major list. Boca Raton, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s OE degrees to 23 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of New Hampshire - Main Campus landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on OE Major ranking. Located in Durham, New Hampshire, this fairly large public school awarded 10 degrees to qualified bachelors’s OE students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Ocean Engineering at University of New Hampshire - Main Campus
Texas A&M University - College Station ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on OE Major list. Texas A&M University - College Station is a large school located in College Station, Texas that handed out 35 bachelors’s OE degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, 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.
Read full report on Ocean Engineering at Texas A&M College Station
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