Find Grad Schools

Study Area & Zipcode

Most Popular Ocean Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools

Find Schools Near

2023 Most Popular Ocean Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools

9 Colleges

Finding the Best Ocean Engineering Doctor'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 Most Popular Ocean Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in the United States to see which doctor'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.

Check out the OE doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the United States.

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

Women make up 11% of the OE majors at the school.

Read More…

#2

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

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

Of the 7 students majoring in OE at UF, 86% are male and 14% are female.

Read More…

#3

Florida Atlantic University

Boca Raton, FL

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at Florida Atlantic University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular ocean engineering schools in the United States. FAU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Boca Raton.

Read More…

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at University of Rhode Island helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular ocean engineering schools in the United States. URI is a large public school located in the large suburb of Kingston.

About 33% of the students majoring in OE at the school are women while 67% are male.

Full Ocean Engineering at University of Rhode Island Report

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Stevens Institute of Technology is a great place for ocean engineering students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large suburb of Hoboken, Stevens is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

Full Ocean Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology Report

University of Delaware ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Ocean Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools list. UD is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Newark.

Full Ocean Engineering at University of Delaware Report

Florida Institute of Technology came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Ocean Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. Florida Tech is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Melbourne.

Read More…

University of New Hampshire - Main Campus landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree ocean engineering programs. Located in the small suburb of Durham, UNH is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Read More…

University of Hawaii at Manoa came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Ocean Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. UH Manoa is a large public school located in the large city of Honolulu.

Read More…

Ocean Engineering by Region

View the Most Popular Ocean Engineering Doctor's Degree Schools for a specific region near you.

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 9 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

Featured Schools

Find Graduate Schools Near You

Our free school finder matches students with accredited graduate schools across the U.S.