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Best Schools for Ocean Engineering in Rhode Island
If you are not interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the ocean engineering degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Schools in Ocean Engineering
Our analysis ranked University Of Rhode Island the best school in the country for a degree in ocean engineering. Set in the suburb of Kingston, University Of Rhode Island is a very large public institution. University Of Rhode Island graduates 72% of students within six years. University Of Rhode Island awarded about 40 ocean engineering degrees in the most recent data year. Students who receive their ocean engineering degree from University Of Rhode Island earn around $70,939 in the first couple years of their career. University Of Rhode Island graduates carry a median of $25,147 in student loans.
More information about a degree in ocean engineering from University Of Rhode Island
Notes and References
The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs graduation rate, post-graduation earnings, cost, and program quality, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Top Ranked · 1 school evaluated.
- 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 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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