by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on OE Major in the Southeast Region” ranking.
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 Southeast region, there were 116 ocean engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,934 and $25,391 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 33 ocean engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,213 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on OE Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered 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 Master’s Highly Focused on OE Major in the Southeast Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida Institute of Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on OE Major in the Southeast Region list. Florida Institute of Technology is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Melbourne, Florida. It awarded 7 masters’s OE degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida Atlantic University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on OE Major in the Southeast Region list. Boca Raton, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s OE degrees to 11 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%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on OE Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, this large public school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified masters’s OE students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Florida. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on OE Major in the Southeast Region list. This large school is located in Gainesville, Florida, and it awarded 9 masters’s OE degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate 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%.
Read full report on Ocean Engineering at University of Florida
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on OE Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Miami landed the #5 spot on the list. Coral Gables, Florida is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s OE degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.
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