2022 Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Bachelor’s
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2019-2020, 1,914 people earned their degree in marine biology, making the major the 288th most popular in the United States.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,558 marine biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 60 colleges that offer a degree in marine biology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent marine biology programs, but they also 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Bachelor’s.
Top 25 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Marine Biology
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Puerto Rico - Humacao. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Humacao, , this small public school handed out 19 degrees to qualified bachelors’s biological oceanography students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree biological oceanography students list, UPR Humacao has also earned the #11 rank in our “Best Marine Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Puerto Rico - Humacao is $9,537 for bachelor’s degree biological oceanography students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brigham Young University - Hawaii. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Bachelor’s. BYU - H is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Laie, Hawaii. It awarded 9 bachelors’s biological oceanography degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Brigham Young University - Hawaii is $14,051 for Bachelor’s Degree Biological Oceanography students.
Full Brigham Young University - Hawaii Marine Biology Report
Out of the 60 schools in the Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley landed the #3 spot on the list. Edinburg, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s biological oceanography degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.
It costs about $4,514 for bachelor’s degree biological oceanography students per year to attend UT Rio Grande Valley.
The student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Marine Biology at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Out of the 60 schools in the Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwest Missouri State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Northwest Missouri State University is a medium-sized public school situated in Maryville, Missouri. It awarded 17 bachelors’s biological oceanography degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $12,354 for bachelor’s degree biological oceanography students per year to attend Northwest.
Full Northwest Missouri State University Marine Biology Report
Out of the 60 schools in the Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Salem State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Salem State is a public institution located in Salem, Massachusetts. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Salem State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #16 on our “Best Marine Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Salem State University is $18,399 for bachelor’s degree biological oceanography students.
Inter American University of Puerto Rico - Bayamon did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #6. Inter American University of Puerto Rico - Bayamon is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bayamon, . The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Inter American University of Puerto Rico - Bayamon is $7,814 for Bachelor’s Degree Biological Oceanography students.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Marine Biology at Inter American University of Puerto Rico - Bayamon
California State University - Long Beach came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. This large school is located in Long Beach, California, and it awarded 31 bachelors’s biological oceanography degrees in 2019-2020.
CSULB also took the #25 spot in our “Best Marine Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend CSULB is $9,622 for bachelor’s degree biological oceanography students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of North Carolina at Wilmington ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Bachelor’s list. University of North Carolina at Wilmington is a public institution located in Wilmington, North Carolina. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 84 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
UNCW did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #24 on our “Best Marine Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $19,055 for bachelor’s degree biological oceanography students per year to attend University of North Carolina at Wilmington.
The student loan default rate at the school is 3.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #9, Savannah State University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Savannah, Georgia, this small public school handed out 6 degrees to qualified bachelors’s biological oceanography students in 2019-2020.
It costs about $10,220 for bachelor’s degree biological oceanography students per year to attend Savannah State University.
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania landed the #10 spot on the 2022 Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s biological oceanography degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for East Stroudsburg University is $19,855 for bachelor’s degree biological oceanography students.
Read full report on Marine Biology at East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania
Waynesburg University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Waynesburg University is a small school located in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania that handed out 6 bachelors’s biological oceanography degrees in 2019-2020.
Waynesburg did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Marine Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Waynesburg University is $18,822 for bachelor’s degree biological oceanography students.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
The University of West Florida came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Pensacola, Florida is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s biological oceanography degrees to 26 students in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for The University of West Florida is $7,406 for Bachelor’s Degree Biological Oceanography students.
Read more about Marine Biology at The University of West Florida
With a ranking of #13, Unity College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Unity is a small school located in Unity, Maine that handed out 5 bachelors’s biological oceanography degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Unity is $26,080 for bachelor’s degree biological oceanography students.
University of Southern Mississippi landed the #14 spot on the 2022 Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. University of Southern Mississippi is located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 20 bachelors’s biological oceanography degrees to qualified students.
It costs about $14,923 for bachelor’s degree biological oceanography students per year to attend Southern Miss.
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With a ranking of #15, Florida International University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Florida International University is a public institution located in Miami, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for FIU is $7,296 for bachelor’s degree biological oceanography students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.
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With a ranking of #16, Troy University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Troy, Alabama, this fairly large public school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s biological oceanography students in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Troy University is $14,285 for Bachelor’s Degree Biological Oceanography students.
University of North Alabama landed the #17 spot on the 2022 Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. University of North Alabama is located in Florence, Alabama and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s biological oceanography degrees to qualified students.
The yearly cost to attend University of North Alabama is $14,130 for Bachelor’s Degree Biological Oceanography students.
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Stockton University ranked #18 on this year’s Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Stockton University is a public institution located in Galloway, New Jersey. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 39 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Stockton University is $19,678 for Bachelor’s Degree Biological Oceanography students.
The low student loan default rate of 4.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Montclair State University ranked #19 on this year’s Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Montclair State is a large public school situated in Montclair, New Jersey. It awarded 5 bachelors’s biological oceanography degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Montclair State is $18,034 for bachelor’s degree biological oceanography students.
The low student loan default rate of 4.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Central Methodist University - College of Liberal Arts & Sciences landed the #20 spot on the 2022 Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Central Methodist University - College of Liberal Arts & Sciences is a small school located in Fayette, Missouri that handed out 8 bachelors’s biological oceanography degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $21,082 for Bachelor’s Degree Biological Oceanography students per year to attend CMU CLAS.
University of Hawaii at Hilo landed the #21 spot on the 2022 Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. University of Hawaii at Hilo is a public institution located in Hilo, Hawaii. The school has a small population, and it awarded 27 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $13,885 for Bachelor’s Degree Biological Oceanography students per year to attend University of Hawaii at Hilo.
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University of West Alabama ranked #22 on this year’s Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Bachelor’s list. University of West Alabama is a public institution located in Livingston, Alabama. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend University of West Alabama is $15,514 for bachelor’s degree biological oceanography students.
Coastal Carolina University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #23. Conway, South Carolina is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s biological oceanography degrees to 132 students in 2019-2020.
It costs about $14,749 for Bachelor’s Degree Biological Oceanography students per year to attend Coastal Carolina University.
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Hampton University landed the #24 spot on the 2022 Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Hampton is a small school located in Hampton, Virginia that handed out 3 bachelors’s biological oceanography degrees in 2019-2020.
Hampton not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #10 on our “Best Marine Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Hampton University is $31,307 for Bachelor’s Degree Biological Oceanography students.
With a ranking of #25, Western Washington University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Bachelor’s list. This fairly large school is located in Bellingham, Washington, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s biological oceanography degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Western Washington University is $16,529 for Bachelor’s Degree Biological Oceanography students.
The student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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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%.
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- *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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