2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Maritime Studies (With Aid)

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Maritime Studies Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Maritime Studies is the 1089th most popular major in the country with 56 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 17 maritime studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality maritime studies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the maritime studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Maritime Studies Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree maritime studies students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Maritime Studies (With Aid)

#1

East Carolina University

Greenville, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$20,685 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Maritime Studies Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, East Carolina University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Greenville, North Carolina, and it awarded 15 masters’s maritime studies degrees in 2019-2020.

ECU also made our “Best Maritime Studies Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at ECU are $20,685, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Maritime Studies at East Carolina University

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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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