Aquatic Biology/Limnology degree programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major ranks #926 out of the 1506 majors we look at each year. As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.
College Factual reviewed 7 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of aquatic biology/limnology. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 120 degrees in aquatic biology/limnology during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of aquatic biology/limnology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for aquatic biology/limnology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Aquatic Biology/Limnology Rankings by Degree Level
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Aquatic Biology/Limnology Schools ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Aquatic Biology/Limnology in the United States
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 aquatic biology/limnology degrees they offer, see the list below.
University of California - Santa Barbara is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in aquatic biology/limnology. Located in the suburb of Santa Barbara, UCSB is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #45 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UCSB is a great university overall.
There were approximately 35 aquatic biology/limnology students who graduated with this degree at UCSB in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry if you wish to pursue a degree in aquatic biology/limnology. ESF is a small public college located in the city of Syracuse. A Best Colleges rank of #355 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means ESF is a great college overall.
There were approximately 10 aquatic biology/limnology students who graduated with this degree at ESF in the most recent year we have data available.
It's difficult to beat Utah State University if you want to pursue a degree in aquatic biology/limnology. Located in the city of Logan, USU is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #341 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means USU is a great university overall.
There were about 6 aquatic biology/limnology students who graduated with this degree at USU in the most recent data year.
It's hard to beat Bemidji State University if you wish to pursue a degree in aquatic biology/limnology. Located in the remote town of Bemidji, Bemidji State University is a public university with a small student population. This university ranks 35th out of 52 schools for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.
There were about 19 aquatic biology/limnology students who graduated with this degree at Bemidji State University in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the small city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 20th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were roughly 15 aquatic biology/limnology students who graduated with this degree at Texas State in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of DeLand, Stetson is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 38th out of 77 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were approximately 8 aquatic biology/limnology students who graduated with this degree at Stetson in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Erie, Gannon is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 32nd out of 109 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were about 7 aquatic biology/limnology students who graduated with this degree at Gannon in the most recent data year.
Located in the small city of Kalamazoo, WMU is a public university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #335 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means WMU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 20 aquatic biology/limnology students who graduated with this degree at WMU in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
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Your choice of aquatic biology/limnology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for aquatic biology/limnology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
