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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Chemical & Physical Oceanography in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

5 Ranked Colleges
66 Degrees Awarded
$22,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Chemical & Physical Oceanography Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Chemical & Physical Oceanography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Chemical & Physical Oceanography is the 567th most popular major in the country with 466 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 170 chemical and physical oceanography graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 66 chemical and physical oceanography graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Chemical & Physical Oceanography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in chemical and physical oceanography. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality chemical and physical oceanography programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the chemical and physical oceanography program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Chemical & Physical Oceanography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Chemical & Physical Oceanography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Chemical & Physical Oceanography in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Chemical & Physical Oceanography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. NC State is a public institution located in Raleigh, North Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

NC State also made our “Best Chemical & Physical Oceanography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for North Carolina State University is $16,458 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Chemical & Physical Oceanography students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, 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 94%.

Read more about Chemical & Physical Oceanography at NC State

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Chemical & Physical Oceanography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, this large public school awarded 28 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s chemical and physical oceanography students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree chemical & physical oceanography students with aid list, Louisiana State University has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Chemical & Physical Oceanography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Louisiana State University is $15,465 for southeast region bachelor’s degree chemical & physical oceanography students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Chemical & Physical Oceanography at Louisiana State University

#3

University of Southern Mississippi

Hattiesburg, Mississippi
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Chemical & Physical Oceanography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Mississippi landed the #3 spot on the list. Southern Miss is a fairly large school located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi that handed out 5 bachelors’s chemical and physical oceanography degrees in 2019-2020.

Southern Miss not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Chemical & Physical Oceanography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Southern Miss is $14,923 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Chemical & Physical Oceanography students with aid.

Read more about Chemical & Physical Oceanography at Southern Miss

#4

University of North Carolina at Wilmington

Wilmington, North Carolina
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Carolina at Wilmington. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Chemical & Physical Oceanography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. This fairly large school is located in Wilmington, North Carolina, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s chemical and physical oceanography degrees in 2019-2020.

UNCW did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Chemical & Physical Oceanography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $19,055 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Chemical & Physical Oceanography students with aid per year to attend UNCW.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Chemical & Physical Oceanography at University of North Carolina at Wilmington

#5

University of Miami

Coral Gables, Florida
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Chemical & Physical Oceanography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Miami landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Coral Gables, Florida, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s chemical and physical oceanography students in 2019-2020.

U Miami did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Chemical & Physical Oceanography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $46,949 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Chemical & Physical Oceanography students with aid per year to attend University of Miami.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Chemical & Physical Oceanography at U Miami

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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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