2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Ocean Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 OE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 302 people earned their degree in ocean engineering, making the major the 297th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, ocean engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $61,200 and had an average of $26,965 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 68 ocean engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,200 and $22,204 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 52 ocean engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great ocean engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

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

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The oe 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 OE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k”.

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Best Value OE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value OE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Ocean Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas A&M University - College Station

College Station, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$13,270 Average Net Price

$63,253 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value OE Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #1 spot on the list. College Station, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s OE degrees to 52 students in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station also made our “Best Ocean Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M College Station is $13,270 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree OE students whose families make $30-$48k.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.

Full Texas A&M College Station Ocean Engineering Report

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Ocean Engineering (Income $30-$48k)

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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