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2022 Best Value Chemical & Physical Oceanography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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Best Value Chemical & Physical Oceanography Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Chemical & Physical Oceanography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Chemical & Physical Oceanography is the 567th most popular major in the country with 466 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 170 chemical and physical oceanography graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 66 chemical and physical oceanography graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Chemical & Physical Oceanography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in chemical and physical oceanography. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent chemical and physical oceanography programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the chemical and physical oceanography program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Chemical & Physical Oceanography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Chemical & Physical Oceanography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Chemical & Physical Oceanography (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region

#1

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Chemical & Physical Oceanography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Raleigh, North Carolina, this large public school handed out 15 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s chemical and physical oceanography students in 2019-2020.

NC State also made our “Best Chemical & Physical Oceanography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $15,084 for southeast region bachelor’s degree chemical & physical oceanography students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend NC State.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. 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%.

Full NC State Chemical & Physical Oceanography Report

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Chemical & Physical Oceanography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Baton Rouge, Louisiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s chemical and physical oceanography degrees to 28 students in 2019-2020.

Louisiana State University also took the #1 spot in our “Best Chemical & Physical Oceanography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Louisiana State University is $17,328 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Chemical & Physical Oceanography students whose families make $48-$75k.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Chemical & Physical Oceanography Report

#3

University of Southern Mississippi

Hattiesburg, Mississippi
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Chemical & Physical Oceanography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Mississippi landed the #3 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s chemical and physical oceanography degrees in 2019-2020.

Southern Miss also made our “Best Chemical & Physical Oceanography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for University of Southern Mississippi is $18,285 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Chemical & Physical Oceanography students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read full report on Chemical & Physical Oceanography at University of Southern Mississippi

#4

University of North Carolina at Wilmington

Wilmington, North Carolina
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Chemical & Physical Oceanography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Wilmington landed the #4 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Wilmington, North Carolina, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s chemical and physical oceanography degrees in 2019-2020.

UNCW also made our “Best Chemical & Physical Oceanography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for University of North Carolina at Wilmington is $19,592 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Chemical & Physical Oceanography students whose families make $48-$75k.

The low student loan default rate of 3.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Chemical & Physical Oceanography at University of North Carolina at Wilmington

#5

University of Miami

Coral Gables, Florida
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Chemical & Physical Oceanography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Miami landed the #5 spot on the list. Coral Gables, Florida is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s chemical and physical oceanography degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree chemical & physical oceanography students whose families make $48-$75k list, U Miami has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Chemical & Physical Oceanography Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Miami is $38,540 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Chemical & Physical Oceanography students whose families make $48-$75k.

The low student loan default rate of 2.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Chemical & Physical Oceanography at University of Miami

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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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