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

Ocean Engineering is the #256 most popular major in the country with 112 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Ocean Engineering Master's Degree Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 10 schools in the United States to see which master's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Ocean Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best for OE majors pursuing a master's degree.

Top 10 Best Ocean Engineering Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Texas A&M University - College Station the best school in the United States for ocean engineering students working on their master’s degree. Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#2

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Florida helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best ocean engineering schools in the United States. UF is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Gainesville.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stevens Institute of Technology. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Ocean Engineering Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large suburb of Hoboken, Stevens is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Ocean Engineering Master’s Degree Schools list. Louisiana State University is a very large public school located in the city of Baton Rouge.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Hawaii at Manoa. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Ocean Engineering Master’s Degree Schools list. UH Manoa is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Honolulu.

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#6

University of Miami

Coral Gables, FL

University of Miami ranked #6 on this year’s Best Ocean Engineering Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the small city of Coral Gables, U Miami is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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#7

Florida Atlantic University

Boca Raton, FL

Florida Atlantic University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree ocean engineering programs. FAU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Boca Raton.

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University of New Hampshire - Main Campus ranked #8 on this year’s Best Ocean Engineering Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the suburb of Durham, UNH is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Florida Institute of Technology came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Ocean Engineering Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Florida Tech is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Melbourne.

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#10

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, RI

University of Rhode Island did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for ocean engineering students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. URI is a large public school located in the suburb of Kingston.

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

Related Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 10 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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).
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