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2023 Most Popular Ocean Engineering Schools

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

Finding the Best Ocean Engineering 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 Most Popular Ocean Engineering Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 14 schools in the United States to see which 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Ocean Engineering Colleges.

Our analysis found Texas A&M University - College Station to be the most popular school for ocean engineering students who want to pursue a degree in the United States. Located in the city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#2

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

The excellent 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 medium-sized city of Gainesville.

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#3

Florida Atlantic University

Boca Raton, FL

Out of the 14 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida Atlantic University landed the # 3 spot on the list. FAU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Boca Raton.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Hampshire - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Ocean Engineering Schools list. Located in the small suburb of Durham, UNH is a public college with a large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Rhode Island. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Ocean Engineering Schools list. URI is a large public school located in the large suburb of Kingston.

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#5

Old Dominion University

Norfolk, VA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Old Dominion University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Ocean Engineering Schools list. Located in the midsize city of Norfolk, Old Dominion is a public college with a very large student population.

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Stevens Institute of Technology came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Ocean Engineering Schools ranking. Located in the suburb of Hoboken, Stevens is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

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Florida Institute of Technology did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for ocean engineering students. It came in at #7 on the list. Florida Tech is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Melbourne.

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Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Ocean Engineering Schools ranking. Louisiana State University is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Baton Rouge.

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#10

University of New Orleans

New Orleans, LA

With a ranking of #10, University of New Orleans did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for ocean engineering students. UNO is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of New Orleans.

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Ocean Engineering by Region

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Region
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 14 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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