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2022 Best Value Maritime Studies Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $30-$48k

1 Ranked Colleges
15 Degrees Awarded
$20,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Maritime Studies Schools for a Master's in North Carolina For Those Making $30-$48k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Maritime Studies Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Maritime Studies is the 346th most popular major in the country with 56 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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.

Across North Carolina, there were 15 maritime studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 15 maritime studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,088 and $45,388 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent maritime studies programs, but they also 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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Maritime Studies Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $30-$48k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Maritime Studies Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Maritime Studies Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Maritime Studies (Income $30-$48k) in North Carolina

#1

East Carolina University

Greenville, North Carolina
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Carolina University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Maritime Studies Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $30-$48k list. 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.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ECU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Maritime Studies Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at ECU are $20,685.

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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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