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2022 Best Value Marine Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

1 Ranked Colleges
3 Degrees Awarded
$30,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Marine Engineering Schools for a Master's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Marine Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 474 people earned their degree in marine engineering, making the major the 279th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, marine engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $78,460 and had an average of $24,129 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 21 marine engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 3 marine engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality marine engineering 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 marine engineering program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The marine engineering 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 “Best Value Marine Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k”.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Marine Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Marine Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Marine Engineering (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Tech. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Marine Engineering Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Virginia Tech is a large school located in Blacksburg, Virginia that handed out 3 masters’s marine engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Virginia Tech also made our “Best Marine Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Virginia Tech are $30,547, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Marine Engineering at Virginia Tech

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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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