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2022 Best Value OE Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

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14 Degrees Awarded
$22,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value OE Schools for a Master's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 the Southwest region, there were 68 ocean engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,200 and $22,204 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 14 ocean engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 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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Best Value OE Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree oe students whose families make $30-$48k.

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

#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 OE Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. This large school is located in College Station, Texas, and it awarded 14 masters’s OE degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree oe students whose families make $30-$48k list, Texas A&M College Station has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Ocean Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” 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.

Full Texas A&M College Station Ocean Engineering Report

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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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