2024 Best Marine Biology Schools in Connecticut

Marine Biology is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #298 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Connecticut to determine which ones were the best for marine biology students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 49 degrees in marine biology to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall Marine Biology Schools List

Pick Your Marine Biology Degree Level

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Marine Biology Schools in Connecticut ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Marine Biology in Connecticut

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the biological oceanography degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Connecticut Schools in Biological Oceanography

1

University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

26.7% Growth in Graduates

It is difficult to beat University of Connecticut if you wish to pursue a degree in marine biology. UCONN is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Storrs.More information about a degree in marine biology from University of Connecticut

2

University of New Haven
West Haven, CT

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

32 Biological Oceanography Degrees Awarded

59.4% Growth in Graduates

University of New Haven is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in marine biology. University of New Haven is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of West Haven.More information about a degree in marine biology from University of New Haven

Best Marine Biology Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Marine Biology Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	854	62
Rhode Island	436	61
Maine	396	47

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Marine Biology Related Rankings by Major

One of 11 majors within the Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology area of study, Marine Biology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Biological Oceanography

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Ecology	63
Epidemiology	59
Evolutionary Biology	34
Conservation Biology	7

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Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Ernst Haeckel.

More about our data sources and methodologies.