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 |
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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.