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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Maritime Studies (Income $0-$30k)

1 Ranked Colleges
17 Degrees Awarded
$20,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Maritime Studies Schools for a Master's For Those Making $0-$30k

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 Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 56 people earned their degree in maritime studies, making the major the 346th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, maritime studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $0 and had an average of $0 in loans still to pay off.

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.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great maritime studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the maritime studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 “Best Value Maritime Studies Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Maritime Studies Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree maritime studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Maritime Studies (Income $0-$30k)

#1

East Carolina University

Greenville, North Carolina
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend East Carolina University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Maritime Studies Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $0-$30k. ECU is a public institution located in Greenville, North Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 15 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

ECU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Maritime Studies Master’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at East Carolina University are $20,685.

Read full report on Maritime Studies at ECU

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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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