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

5 Ranked Colleges
193 Degrees Awarded
$21,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value OE Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Getting Aid

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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.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 193 ocean engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value OE Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in ocean engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great ocean engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the ocean engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree oe students with aid.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Ocean Engineering (With Aid)

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 OE Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid. Texas A&M College Station is a public institution located in College Station, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 52 bachelors’s 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 Ocean Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $19,057 for bachelor’s degree oe students with aid per year to attend Texas A&M University - College Station.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Ocean Engineering at Texas A&M University - College Station

#2

Florida Atlantic University

Boca Raton, Florida

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida Atlantic University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value OE Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. Florida Atlantic University is a large school located in Boca Raton, Florida that handed out 24 bachelors’s OE degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree oe students with aid list, FAU has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Ocean Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Florida Atlantic University is $10,186 for Bachelor’s Degree OE students with aid.

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#3

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, Rhode Island

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Rhode Island. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value OE Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. URI is a public institution located in Kingston, Rhode Island. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 30 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

URI also took the #4 spot in our “Best Ocean Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Rhode Island is $20,607 for bachelor’s degree oe students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. 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%.

Full URI Ocean Engineering Report

#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 OE Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. UNH is a fairly large school located in Durham, New Hampshire that handed out 7 bachelors’s OE degrees in 2019-2020.

UNH also made our “Best Ocean Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend UNH is $24,067 for bachelor’s degree oe students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Ocean Engineering at UNH

#5

Florida Institute of Technology

Melbourne, Florida

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value OE Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida Institute of Technology landed the #5 spot on the list. Florida Tech is a private not-for-profit institution located in Melbourne, Florida. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 25 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Florida Tech also made our “Best Ocean Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Florida Institute of Technology is $31,097 for bachelor’s degree oe students with aid.

Full Florida Tech 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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