2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Marine Biology in Missouri

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 in Missouri” 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.

Across Missouri, there were 25 marine biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 25 marine biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,837 and $25,380 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in marine biology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great marine biology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the marine biology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 a Bachelor’s in Missouri” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri

The colleges and universities below are the best for missouri bachelor’s degree biological oceanography students.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Marine Biology in Missouri

#1

Northwest Missouri State University

Maryville, Missouri

#2 in overall quality

$12,354 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwest Missouri State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Maryville, Missouri, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s biological oceanography degrees in 2019-2020.

Northwest also made our “Best Marine Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $12,354 for Missouri Bachelor’s Degree Biological Oceanography students per year to attend Northwest.

Read more about Marine Biology at Northwest Missouri State University

#2

Central Methodist University - College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Fayette, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$21,082 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Methodist University - College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Bachelor’s in Missouri list. Fayette, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s biological oceanography degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at CMU CLAS, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Marine Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” ranking. It costs about $21,082 for missouri bachelor’s degree biological oceanography students per year to attend Central Methodist University - College of Liberal Arts & Sciences.

Read more about Marine Biology at CMU CLAS

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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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