by our College Data Analytics Team
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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 Far Western US region, there were 429 marine biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 36 marine biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,693 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biological Oceanography Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree 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.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region master’s degree biological oceanography students.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biological Oceanography Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Fairbanks landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Alaska Fairbanks is a public institution located in Fairbanks, Alaska. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Marine Biology at University of Alaska Fairbanks
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biological Oceanography Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - San Diego landed the #2 spot on the list. La Jolla, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s biological oceanography degrees to 25 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.0% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Hawaii at Manoa. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biological Oceanography Major in the Far Western US Region. This fairly large school is located in Honolulu, Hawaii, and it awarded 5 masters’s biological oceanography degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biological Oceanography Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of San Diego landed the #4 spot on the list. University of San Diego is located in San Diego, California and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 masters’s biological oceanography degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biological Oceanography Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Santa Barbara landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Santa Barbara, California, this large public school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified masters’s biological oceanography students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full University of California - Santa Barbara Marine Biology Report
University of Southern California did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biological Oceanography Major in the Far Western US Region ranking, coming in at #6. University of Southern California is a private not-for-profit institution located in Los Angeles, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Marine Biology at University of Southern California
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