2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Marine Biology in the Southwest Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Biological Oceanography Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 1,835 people earned their degree in marine biology, making the major the 298th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 132 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 $75,218 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Biological Oceanography Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in marine biology. That schools that top this list have a program in marine biology in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The biological oceanography school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Biological Oceanography Major in the Southwest Region”.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Biological Oceanography Major in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Biological Oceanography Major in the Southwest Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Marine Biology in the Southwest Region

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Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Biological Oceanography Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Corpus Christi, Texas, this fairly large public school awarded 2 degrees to qualified doctorate’s biological oceanography students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Marine Biology at Texas A&M Corpus Christi

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Texas A&M University - College Station
College Station, Texas

#7 overall quality in Southwest

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Biological Oceanography Major in the Southwest Region list. Texas A&M University - College Station is a public institution located in College Station, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Marine Biology at Texas A&M University - College Station

• Most Focused 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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Ernst Haeckel.