2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Ocean Engineering 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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 6 ocean engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,572 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended OE Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in ocean engineering. 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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Most Well Attended OE Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Master’s

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

Top 2 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Ocean Engineering in the Middle Atlantic Region

1

Stevens Institute of Technology
Hoboken, New Jersey

Top 10% overall quality in Middle Atlantic

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended OE Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Stevens Institute of Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. Stevens Institute of Technology is located in Hoboken, New Jersey and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 masters’s OE degrees to qualified students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. 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 more about Ocean Engineering at Stevens

2

University of Delaware
Newark, Delaware

Top 15% 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 Most Well Attended OE Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Master’s. Located in Newark, Delaware, this large public school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s OE students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% 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 90%.

Read more about Ocean Engineering at University of Delaware

• Most Popular Master’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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