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A program that focuses on the scientific study of the ecology and behavior of microbes, plants, and animals inhabiting oceans, coastal waters, and saltwater wetlands and their interactions with the physical environment. Includes instruction in chemical, physical, and geological oceanography; molecular, cellular, and biochemical studies; marine microbiology; marine botany; ichthyology; mammalogy; marine population dynamics and biodiversity; reproductive biology; studies of specific species, phyla, habitats, and ecosystems; marine paleocology and palentology; and applications to fields such as fisheries science and biotechnology.


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Rank School Name Students % of Total Total On-Campus Cost
1 Coastal Carolina 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 155 7% $25,520
2 Texas A & M 911³Ô¹ÏÍø-College Station 140 1% $29,506
3 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of North Carolina Wilmington 99 2% $24,982
4 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of California-San Diego 80 1% $32,838
5 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of California-Santa Cruz 73 2% $36,217
6 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Miami 70 2% $68,460
7 54 1% $26,091
8 Nova Southeastern 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 51 1% $50,597
9 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of South Carolina-Columbia 50 1% $28,301
10 College of Charleston 46 2% $30,239
11 Eckerd College 43 9% $61,576
12 Northeastern 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 39 1% $70,592
13 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of New England 39 3% $56,560
14 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of New Haven 35 2% $58,306
15 Savannah State 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 34 5% $17,255
16 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Hawaii at Hilo 33 4% $20,530
17 Roger Williams 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 32 3% $54,642
18 The 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Tampa 31 2% $45,450
19 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Delaware 29 1% $29,342
20 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Rhode Island 29 1% $30,351
21 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Hawaii at Manoa 29 1% $29,858
22 Stockton 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 29 1% $30,838
23 25 0% $24,738
24 The 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of West Florida 23 1% $19,014
25 Florida Institute of Technology 23 1% $59,530
26 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Southern Mississippi 22 1% $24,048
27 Florida International 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 19 0% $23,506
28 Hawaii Pacific 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 18 2% $44,414
29 Florida Southern College 18 3% $52,020
30 Jacksonville 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 17 1% $54,868
31 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Connecticut 16 0% $32,404
32 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Oregon 16 0% $27,366
33 Brigham Young 911³Ô¹ÏÍø-Hawaii 15 2% $19,054
34 The 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Alabama 14 0% $29,872
35 Oregon Coast Community College 13 12% $6,135
36 Western Washington 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 13 0% $24,077
37 Nicholls State 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 13 1% $23,118
38 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Puerto Rico-Humacao 11 2% $6,262
39 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of California-Los Angeles 10 0% $34,620
40 Salem State 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 10 0% $27,384
41 9 0% $31,704
42 Rutgers 911³Ô¹ÏÍø-New Brunswick 9 0% $32,443
43 East Stroudsburg 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Pennsylvania 9 1% $26,964
44 College of William and Mary 8 0% $39,221
45 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of San Diego 7 0% $67,498
46 Unity College 7 5% $41,720
47 Fairleigh Dickinson 911³Ô¹ÏÍø-Metropolitan Campus 7 0% $58,188
48 Southern Maine Community College 7 1% $17,082
49 Boston 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 7 0% $72,618
50 6 0% $20,147
51 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of the Virgin Islands 6 2% $19,915
52 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Maine at Machias 6 7% $19,925
53 Auburn 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 5 0% $31,590
54 5 0% $19,751
55 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Alaska Southeast 5 1% $20,140
56 Texas A & M 911³Ô¹ÏÍø-Corpus Christi 5 0% $23,307
57 Hampton 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 4 1% $42,380
58 Rollins College 4 0% $67,862
59 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez 3 0% $6,262
60 Waynesburg 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 3 1% $37,000
61 Central Methodist 911³Ô¹ÏÍø-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences 3 1% $38,840
62 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Maryland Eastern Shore 3 1% $24,216
63 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of North Alabama 3 0% $22,112
64 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of West Alabama 2 0% $21,841
65 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Alaska Fairbanks 2 0% $20,281
66 Samford 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 2 0% $47,863
67 Saint Joseph's College of Maine 2 0% $52,230
68 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Mobile 2 1% $39,380
69 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Georgia 2 0% $26,688
70 Alaska Pacific 911³Ô¹ÏÍø 2 2% $34,600
71 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Puerto Rico-Ponce 1 0% $6,257
72 Wisconsin Lutheran College 1 0% $43,035
73 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Maryland, Baltimore 1 0% N/A
74 Rowan College at Gloucester County 1 0% $6,470
75 Cheyney 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Pennsylvania 1 1% $24,463
76 The 911³Ô¹ÏÍø of Texas Rio Grande Valley 1 0% $20,471

This list indicates the number of students that completed the Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.