2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Marine Biology in North Carolina

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 a Doctorate in North Carolina” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 1,914 people earned their degree in marine biology, making the major the 288th most popular in the United States.

Across North Carolina, there were 112 marine biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 marine biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,103 and $114,434 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality marine biology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the marine biology program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina

The colleges and universities below are the best for north carolina doctor’s degree biological oceanography students.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Marine Biology in North Carolina

#1

Duke University

Durham, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$59,140 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Duke University landed the #1 spot on the list. Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Durham, North Carolina. It awarded 7 doctorate’s biological oceanography degrees in 2019-2020.

Duke also made our “Best Marine Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Duke University are $59,140, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Duke Marine Biology Report

#1

University of North Carolina at Wilmington

Wilmington, North Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$21,286 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Wilmington. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Doctorate in North Carolina list. This fairly large school is located in Wilmington, North Carolina, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s biological oceanography degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNCW, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Marine Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UNCW are $21,286.

Read more about Marine Biology at UNCW

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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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