Ocean Engineering

Ocean Engineering programs prepare 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.

For all the 263 degrees awarded in Ocean Engineering per year, the majority of them are Doctors degree research scholarship. Of the 165 students earning degrees at the Bachelors degree level across the US, 27% percent identify as women and 73% percent identify as men. Though students at schools all over the country study Ocean Engineering, Maryland has the most graduates. The average starting salary for an undergraduate degree in Ocean Engineering is $64,763.