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. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended OE Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking.
Ocean Engineering is the 306th most popular major in the country with 285 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Great Lakes region, there were 4 ocean engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 ocean engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.
To top this list, a school must have a successful ocean engineering program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Well Attended OE Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended OE Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern Michigan College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended OE Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Traverse City, Michigan, this small public school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s OE students in 2020-2021.
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