2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on OE Major in the Middle Atlantic Region

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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.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 49 ocean engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 ocean engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $77,076 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on OE Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in ocean engineering. That schools that top this list have a program in ocean engineering in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on OE Major in the Middle Atlantic Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region doctor’s degree oe students.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Ocean Engineering in the Middle Atlantic Region

1

Stevens Institute of Technology
Hoboken, New Jersey

Top 20% overall quality in Middle Atlantic

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stevens Institute of Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on OE Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Stevens is located in Hoboken, New Jersey and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 doctorate’s OE degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.

Read full report on Ocean Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology

2

University of Delaware
Newark, Delaware

Top 20% overall quality in Middle Atlantic

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Delaware. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on OE Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. University of Delaware is a public institution located in Newark, Delaware. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Ocean Engineering at UD

• Most Focused 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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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