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2023 Most Popular Ocean Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools

7 Colleges
$61,550 Avg Salary
$24,820 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Ocean Engineering Bachelor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 285 people earned a degree or certificate in ocean engineering, making the major the #306 most popular in the United States.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Ocean Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in the United States to see which bachelor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Ocean Engineering program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for OE majors pursuing a bachelor's degree.

Our 2023 rankings named United States Naval Academy the most popular school in the United States for ocean engineering students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the suburb of Annapolis, Annapolis is a public college with a small student population.

Of the 40 students majoring in OE at Annapolis, 63% are male and 38% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Ocean Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. Texas A&M College Station is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of College Station.

Women make up 20% of the OE majors at the school.

On average, OE graduates from Texas A&M College Station take out $21,702 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Florida Institute of Technology is a great place for ocean engineering students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of Melbourne, Florida Tech is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

Women make up 38% of the OE majors at the school.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Rhode Island is a great place for ocean engineering students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the large suburb of Kingston, URI is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 27 students majoring in OE at URI, 56% are male and 44% are female.

OE majors at URI take out an average of $23,123 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

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#5

Florida Atlantic University

Boca Raton, FL

The in-demand bachelor’s degree programs at Florida Atlantic University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular ocean engineering schools in the United States. Located in the city of Boca Raton, FAU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 17% of the OE majors at the school.

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University of New Hampshire - Main Campus landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular bachelor’s degree ocean engineering programs. UNH is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Durham.

About 40% of the students majoring in OE at the school are women while 60% are male.

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#7

Northwestern Michigan College

Traverse City, MI

With a ranking of #7, Northwestern Michigan College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for ocean engineering students working on their bachelor’s degree. NMC is a small public school located in the remote town of Traverse City.

About 25% of the students majoring in OE at the school are women while 75% are male.

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Ocean Engineering by Region

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Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

One of 40 majors within the area of study, ocean engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to OE

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Electrical Engineering 28,844
Civil Engineering 21,388
Computer Engineering 17,987
Chemical Engineering 12,917

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 7 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Jplourde umaine.

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