2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Marine Biology (Income $48-$75k) in Oregon

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for an Associate in Oregon For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Marine Biology is the 288th most popular major in the country with 1,914 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Oregon, there were 12 marine biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 1 marine biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great marine biology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the marine biology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for an Associate in Oregon For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for an Associate in Oregon For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for an Associate in Oregon For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Marine Biology (Income $48-$75k) in Oregon

#1

Oregon Coast Community College

Newport, Oregon

#1 in overall quality

$9,897 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for an Associate in Oregon For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Oregon Coast Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Newport, Oregon, and it awarded 1 associates’s biological oceanography degrees in 2019-2020.

Oregon Coast Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Marine Biology Associate Degree Schools in Oregon” list. It costs about $9,897 for Oregon Associate Degree Biological Oceanography students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Oregon Coast Community College.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read full report on Marine Biology at Oregon Coast Community College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Marine Biology (Income $48-$75k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Marine Biology (Income $48-$75k)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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