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Overview for Ocean Engineering

A program that prepares individuals to apply mathematical and scientific principles to the design, development and operational evaluation of systems to monitor, control, manipulate and operate within coastal or ocean environments, such as underwater platforms, flood control systems, dikes, hydroelectric power systems, tide and current control and warning systems, and communications equipment; the planning and design of total systems for working and functioning in water or underwater environments; and the analysis of related engineering problems such as the action of water properties and behavior on physical systems and people, tidal forces, current movements, and wave motion.

Careers for Ocean Engineering Majors

A major in Ocean Engineering is highly relevant for the following careers. National averages for wages in each career is provided.

Colleges Offering a Major in Ocean Engineering

Top 7 U.S. Colleges with the highest percentage of Ocean Engineering among the 2006-2007 graduating class.

AddInfoCollege Name Degrees Awarded/
Percentage
SelectivityTuition
Texas A & M University at Galveston
Galveston, TX
 19
(7.6%)
Less Selective$6,055 
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis, MD
 54
(5.3%)
Most Selective- 
Florida Institute of Technology
Melbourne, FL
 11
(2.3%)
Less Selective$28,920 
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University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI
 14
(0.7%)
Less Selective$21,294 
Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, FL
 21
(0.5%)
Moderately Selective- 
Texas A & M University
College Station, TX
 25
(0.3%)
Less Selective$15,675 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
 3
(0.3%)
Most Selective$36,140 
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2006-2007 graduating class.