2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Ocean Engineering in Rhode Island (With Aid)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value OE Schools for a Doctorate in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Rhode Island, there were 42 ocean engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $25,000 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 ocean engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great ocean engineering programs and cost less that 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

More Ways to Rank Ocean Engineering Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value OE Schools for a Doctorate in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value OE Schools for a Doctorate in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Ocean Engineering in Rhode Island (With Aid)

#1

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, Rhode Island

#1 in overall quality

$29,082 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value OE Schools for a Doctorate in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Rhode Island landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Rhode Island is located in Kingston, Rhode Island and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 doctorate’s OE degrees to qualified students.

URI did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Ocean Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” 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.

Read more about Ocean Engineering at University of Rhode Island

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Ocean Engineering (With Aid)

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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