2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Ocean Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value General OE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 302 people earned their degree in general ocean engineering, making the major the 694th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 113 general ocean engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 49 general ocean engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General OE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general ocean engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general ocean engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general ocean engineering 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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Best Value General OE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree general oe students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Ocean Engineering (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Florida Atlantic University

Boca Raton, Florida

#2 in overall quality

$6,085 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida Atlantic University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General OE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. FAU is a public institution located in Boca Raton, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

FAU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Ocean Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Florida Atlantic University is $6,085 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree General OE students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about General Ocean Engineering at FAU

#2

Florida Institute of Technology

Melbourne, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$26,604 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Florida Institute of Technology. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value General OE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Florida Tech is a medium-sized school located in Melbourne, Florida that handed out 25 bachelors’s general OE degrees in 2019-2020.

Florida Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Ocean Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $26,604 for southeast region bachelor’s degree general oe students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Florida Tech.

Full Florida Tech General Ocean Engineering Report

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Ocean Engineering (Income $0-$30k)

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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