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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Ocean Engineering (Income $48-$75k)

5 Ranked Colleges
193 Degrees Awarded
Best Value General OE Schools for a Bachelor's 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. 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 General OE Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Ocean Engineering is the 694th most popular major in the country with 302 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 193 general ocean engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General OE Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in general ocean engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general ocean engineering programs and cost less that 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 For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree general oe students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Ocean Engineering (Income $48-$75k)

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General OE Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k list. Texas A&M University - College Station is a large school located in College Station, Texas that handed out 52 bachelors’s general OE degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas A&M College Station, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Ocean Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $18,810 for Bachelor’s Degree General OE students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Texas A&M College Station.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The low student loan default rate of 2.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on General Ocean Engineering at Texas A&M College Station

#2

Florida Atlantic University

Boca Raton, Florida
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Florida Atlantic University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value General OE Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k. 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 #5 on our “Best General Ocean Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $11,786 for Bachelor’s Degree General OE students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend FAU.

Read more about General Ocean Engineering at FAU

#3

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, Rhode Island
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value General OE Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Rhode Island landed the #3 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Kingston, Rhode Island, and it awarded 30 bachelors’s general OE degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at URI, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best General Ocean Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for URI is $19,326 for Bachelor’s Degree General OE students whose families make $48-$75k.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Ocean Engineering at URI

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Hampshire - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value General OE Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k list. University of New Hampshire - Main Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Durham, New Hampshire. It awarded 7 bachelors’s general OE degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNH, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best General Ocean Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $21,161 for Bachelor’s Degree General OE students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend University of New Hampshire - Main Campus.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full UNH General Ocean Engineering Report

#5

Florida Institute of Technology

Melbourne, Florida
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value General OE Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida Institute of Technology landed the #5 spot on the list. Florida Institute of Technology is a private not-for-profit institution located in Melbourne, Florida. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 25 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Florida Tech also made our “Best General Ocean Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $30,323 for bachelor’s degree general oe students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Florida Institute of Technology.

Read more about General Ocean Engineering at Florida Tech

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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