by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended OE Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 “Most Well Attended OE Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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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The oe school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Well Attended OE Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree oe students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida Atlantic University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended OE Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s list. Florida Atlantic University is located in Boca Raton, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 masters’s OE degrees to qualified students.
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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Florida. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended OE Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s. This large school is located in Gainesville, Florida, and it awarded 9 masters’s OE degrees in 2020-2021.
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 97%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida Institute of Technology. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended OE Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s list. Florida Tech is a medium-sized school located in Melbourne, Florida that handed out 7 masters’s OE degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended OE Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s list. Baton Rouge, Louisiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s OE degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended OE Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Miami landed the #5 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Coral Gables, Florida, and it awarded 1 masters’s OE degrees 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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