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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Ocean Engineering (Income $75-$110k)

5 Ranked Colleges
193 Degrees Awarded
$24,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value General OE Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Making $75-$110k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value General OE Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

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.

For this year’s “Best Value General OE Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree 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.

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 general ocean engineering program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value General OE Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General OE Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Ocean Engineering (Income $75-$110k)

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value General OE Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in College Station, Texas, this large public school handed out 52 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s general OE students in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station also made our “Best General Ocean Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $26,028 for Bachelor’s Degree General OE students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Texas A&M University - College Station.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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 be in good company if you decide to attend Florida Atlantic University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value General OE Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Boca Raton, Florida, this large public school handed out 24 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general OE students in 2019-2020.

FAU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best General Ocean Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Florida Atlantic University is $16,249 for bachelor’s degree general oe students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read more about General Ocean Engineering at FAU

#3

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, Rhode Island
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Rhode Island. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value General OE Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Kingston, Rhode Island, this fairly large public school awarded 30 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general OE students in 2019-2020.

URI also took the #4 spot in our “Best General Ocean Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $23,709 for Bachelor’s Degree General OE students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend University of Rhode Island.

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 $75-$110k list. Located in Durham, New Hampshire, this fairly large public school awarded 7 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general OE students in 2019-2020.

UNH did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Ocean Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend UNH is $25,668 for bachelor’s degree general oe students whose families make $75-$110k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The low student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%.

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 $75-$110k 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 medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Melbourne, Florida. It awarded 25 bachelors’s general OE degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree general oe students whose families make $75-$110k list, Florida Tech has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best General Ocean Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $32,188 for bachelor’s degree general oe students whose families make $75-$110k 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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