2022 Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Doctorate in Florida

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Doctorate in Florida” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across Florida, there were 382 marine biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 marine biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $65,671 and $120,169 respectively.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Doctorate in Florida” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Doctorate in Florida

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Doctorate in Florida.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Marine Biology in Florida

#1

University of Miami

Coral Gables, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$40,220 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Miami. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Doctorate in Florida. U Miami is a fairly large school located in Coral Gables, Florida that handed out 6 doctorate’s biological oceanography degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at U Miami, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Marine Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Florida” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Miami are $40,220, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Miami Marine Biology Report

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Marine Biology

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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