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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Ocean Engineering (With Aid)

10 Ranked Colleges
68 Degrees Awarded
$29,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value General OE Schools for a Master's For Those Getting Aid

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 Master’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 68 general ocean engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value General OE Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 10 colleges that offer a degree in general ocean engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general ocean engineering programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general ocean engineering program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value General OE Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General OE Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid.

Top 10 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Ocean Engineering (With Aid)

#1

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Florida. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value General OE Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid. UF is a large school located in Gainesville, Florida that handed out 6 masters’s general OE degrees in 2019-2020.

UF did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Ocean Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UF are $30,130, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#1 in overall quality

Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value General OE Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #2 spot on the list. Texas A&M College Station is a large public school situated in College Station, Texas. It awarded 14 masters’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 Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M College Station are $22,743.

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#3

Florida Atlantic University

Boca Raton, Florida
#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida Atlantic University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value General OE Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Boca Raton, Florida, this large public school awarded 15 degrees to qualified masters’s general OE students in 2019-2020.

FAU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best General Ocean Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at FAU are $18,482, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Ocean Engineering at Florida Atlantic University

#4

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, Rhode Island
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Rhode Island. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value General OE Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid. This fairly large school is located in Kingston, Rhode Island, and it awarded 11 masters’s general OE degrees in 2019-2020.

URI not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best General Ocean Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Rhode Island are $29,082.

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#5

University of Delaware

Newark, Delaware

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Delaware. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value General OE Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid list. University of Delaware is a large school located in Newark, Delaware that handed out 1 masters’s general OE degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UD, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best General Ocean Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Delaware are $35,192, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#9 in overall quality

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value General OE Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid list. Louisiana State University is a large public school situated in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It awarded 3 masters’s general OE degrees in 2019-2020.

Louisiana State University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our “Best General Ocean Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College are $29,970.

Full Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College General Ocean Engineering Report

#5 in overall quality

University of New Hampshire - Main Campus landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value General OE Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid ranking. Durham, New Hampshire is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s general OE degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

UNH also took the #5 spot in our “Best General Ocean Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of New Hampshire - Main Campus are $29,970, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#8

University of Miami

Coral Gables, Florida
#8 in overall quality

With a ranking of #8, University of Miami did quite well on the 2022 Best Value General OE Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid list. Coral Gables, Florida is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s general OE degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

U Miami also made our “Best General Ocean Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #8. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Miami are $40,220.

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#9

Florida Institute of Technology

Melbourne, Florida
#2 in overall quality

Florida Institute of Technology did quite well in the 2022 Best Value General OE Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #9. Melbourne, Florida is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s general OE degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

Florida Tech also made our “Best General Ocean Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Florida Institute of Technology are $22,588, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#10

Stevens Institute of Technology

Hoboken, New Jersey
#4 in overall quality

Stevens Institute of Technology came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General OE Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid ranking. Stevens Institute of Technology is located in Hoboken, New Jersey and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 masters’s general OE degrees to qualified students.

Stevens did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best General Ocean Engineering Master’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Stevens Institute of Technology are $38,876.

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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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