Engineering

Ocean Engineering

University of Delaware · Newark, DE

Medium evidenceMatched peers12 institutions · related subjectsSee the evidence

The degree in numbers

Cost & earnings.

Annual tuition$39,720Institution-level tuition; programme fees may differ · before aid
Annual credentials awarded1Average of available recent award years; not the earnings sample size.

Earnings context

One career stage.
A clearer comparison.

USD · Master's · 2 years after completion
Same source release. National references exclude this degree.

Selected degree estimate$77,802
Engineering · national$79,058

Behind the number

Your comparison group.

Medium evidence

Related subjects at 12 matched peer institutions · master's

Grouped estimate. Middle half of comparison values: $73,770–$84,266.

Historical earnings archive. College Scorecard legacy FOS archive (file dated 2022-01-19; cohorts vary). Do not interpret this as today's graduate salary. Further study and career changes are not modelled by this early-career figure.

Master's outcomes · 2 years after completion
Institution & subjectReported earnings
University of California-RiversideBiomedical/Medical Engineering$63,005
The University of Texas at DallasSystems Engineering$101,406
Arizona State University Digital ImmersionElectrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Engineering Technologies/Technicians, Other, Engineering, General, Industrial Engineering$90,279
University at BuffaloCivil Engineering, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Mechanical Engineering$72,482
New Jersey Institute of TechnologyBiomedical/Medical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Engineering-Related Fields, Mechanical Engineering$74,837
Texas A & M University-College StationCivil Engineering, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, Petroleum Engineering$87,532
Colorado School of MinesCivil Engineering, Engineering-Related Fields, Geological/Geophysical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mining and Mineral Engineering$76,460
University of ConnecticutBiomedical/Medical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Engineering, General$80,124
Florida International UniversityConstruction Engineering Technologies, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Industrial Engineering$74,200
University of ArkansasEngineering-Related Fields$69,524
University of Oklahoma-Norman CampusElectrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering$83,177
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityAerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Mechanical Engineering$79,144
How matching & uncertainty work

We first look for the same subject code (or exact subject name), qualification, country, currency, source release and earnings horizon. Peer institutions are matched using admissions selectivity, completion rates, undergraduate size and institution type, with a small preference for the same region. These are institutional proxies, not a ranking of programme quality.

If subject-matched peers are sparse, we try related subjects at closely matched universities, related degrees at this university, then an explicitly labelled national reference. We never multiply a salary by a university prestige score.

Peer and national estimates give each reporting institution one vote, after taking the median of its related programmes. Shared branch-campus outcomes count once. The middle-half range describes variation between reporting institutions. It is not an individual salary range or a statistical confidence interval.

Evidence labels describe match quality and coverage, not validated prediction accuracy. Admissions and size are undergraduate institutional measures, so graduate-degree comparisons are especially approximate.

Historical cohort outcomes are not promised salaries or a causal effect of attending this programme. College Scorecard earnings cover eligible federal-aid recipients, not every graduate or international student. Source definitions ↗