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2023 Most Popular Ocean Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools

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Finding the Best Ocean Engineering Graduate Certificate 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 Graduate Certificate Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the United States to see which graduate certificate 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 Graduate Certificate Colleges.

#1

Old Dominion University

Norfolk, VA

Our 2023 rankings named Old Dominion University the most popular school in the United States for ocean engineering students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the midsize city of Norfolk, Old Dominion is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 50% of the OE majors at the school.

Full Ocean Engineering at Old Dominion University Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Hampshire - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Ocean Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the suburb of Durham, UNH is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 29% of the OE majors at the school.

Read full report on Ocean Engineering at University of New Hampshire - Main Campus

#3

University of New Orleans

New Orleans, LA

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at University of New Orleans helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular ocean engineering schools in the United States. UNO is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of New Orleans.

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

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#4

Florida Atlantic University

Boca Raton, FL

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Florida Atlantic University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular ocean engineering schools in the United States. FAU is a very large public school located in the city of Boca Raton.

Read full report on Ocean Engineering at Florida Atlantic University

#5

University of Georgia

Athens, GA

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at University of Georgia 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 midsize city of Athens, UGA is a public school with a very large student population.

Full Ocean Engineering at University of Georgia Report

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 5 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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