2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Ocean Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in New Jersey

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value OE Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Ocean Engineering is the 297th most popular major in the country with 302 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 New Jersey, there were 6 ocean engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 6 ocean engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,690 and $39,821 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality 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 ocean engineering program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value OE Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value OE Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Making $30-$48k

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Ocean Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in New Jersey

#1

Stevens Institute of Technology

Hoboken, New Jersey

#1 in overall quality

$38,876 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value OE Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Stevens Institute of Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. Stevens Institute of Technology is a medium-sized school located in Hoboken, New Jersey that handed out 6 masters’s OE degrees in 2019-2020.

Stevens also took the #1 spot in our “Best Ocean Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Stevens are $38,876, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Ocean Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Ocean Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Master’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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