2022 Best Value OE Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value OE Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 the New England region, there were 59 ocean engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $25,000 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 15 ocean engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value OE Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in ocean engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality ocean engineering programs that also have a lower cost than 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value OE Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value OE Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Ocean Engineering in the New England Region (With Aid)

#1

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, Rhode Island

#1 in overall quality

$29,082 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Rhode Island. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value OE Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid list. This fairly large school is located in Kingston, Rhode Island, and it awarded 11 masters’s OE degrees in 2019-2020.

URI also took the #1 spot in our “Best Ocean Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at URI are $29,082, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Ocean Engineering at University of Rhode Island

#2

University of New Hampshire - Main Campus

Durham, New Hampshire

$29,970 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Hampshire - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value OE Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid. University of New Hampshire - Main Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Durham, New Hampshire. It awarded 4 masters’s OE degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNH, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Ocean Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNH are $29,970, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Ocean Engineering at University of New Hampshire - Main Campus

• Best Value Master’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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