by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Most Well Attended Biological Oceanography Major in South Carolina for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Marine Biology is the 298th most popular major in the country with 1,835 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across South Carolina, there were 226 marine biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 197 marine biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,293 and $28,603 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Biological Oceanography Major in South Carolina for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in marine biology. To top this list, a school must have a successful marine biology program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Well Attended Biological Oceanography Major in South Carolina for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Biological Oceanography Major in South Carolina for a Bachelor’s”.
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Biological Oceanography Major in South Carolina for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Coastal Carolina University landed the #1 spot on the list. Conway, South Carolina is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s biological oceanography degrees to 114 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Marine Biology at Coastal Carolina University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of South Carolina - Columbia. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Biological Oceanography Major in South Carolina for a Bachelor’s. Located in Columbia, South Carolina, this large public school awarded 64 degrees to qualified bachelors’s biological oceanography students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend College of Charleston. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Biological Oceanography Major in South Carolina for a Bachelor’s. Located in Charleston, South Carolina, this fairly large public school handed out 19 degrees to qualified bachelors’s biological oceanography students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% 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%.
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