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2022 Best Value Marine Science/Merchant Marine Officer Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

1 Ranked Colleges
206 Degrees Awarded
$10,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Marine Science/Merchant Marine Officer Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Marine Science/Merchant Marine Officer Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 550 people earned their degree in marine science/merchant marine officer, making the major the 532nd most popular in the United States.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 206 marine science/merchant marine officer graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 206 marine science/merchant marine officer graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality marine science/merchant marine officer programs that also have a lower cost than 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 marine science/merchant marine officer program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Marine Science/Merchant Marine Officer Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Marine Science/Merchant Marine Officer Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree marine science/merchant marine officer students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Marine Science/Merchant Marine Officer (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

SUNY Maritime College

Throggs Neck, New York
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SUNY Maritime College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Marine Science/Merchant Marine Officer Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. SUNY Maritime College is located in Throggs Neck, New York and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 110 bachelors’s marine science/merchant marine officer degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree marine science/merchant marine officer students whose families make $0-$30k list, SUNY Maritime College has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Marine Science/Merchant Marine Officer Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $10,751 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Marine Science/Merchant Marine Officer students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend SUNY Maritime College.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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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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