Marine Biology is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #298 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in Hawaii to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of marine biology. Combined, these schools handed out 108 degrees in marine biology to qualified students.
Your choice of marine biology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for marine biology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 the Best Marine Biology Schools in Hawaii.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the biological oceanography degrees they offer, see the list below.
It is hard to beat University of Hawaii at Manoa if you want to pursue a degree in marine biology. UH Manoa is a large public university located in the city of Honolulu. A Best Colleges rank of #373 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UH Manoa is a great university overall.
There were roughly 53 marine biology students who graduated with this degree at UH Manoa in the most recent data year.
Hawaii Pacific University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in marine biology. Located in the city of Honolulu, Hawaii Pacific University is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 6th out of 12 schools for overall quality in the state of Hawaii.
There were roughly 28 marine biology students who graduated with this degree at Hawaii Pacific University in the most recent data year.
University of Hawaii at Hilo is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in marine biology. Located in the town of Hilo, UH Hilo is a public university with a small student population. This university ranks 10th out of 12 colleges for overall quality in the state of Hawaii.
There were approximately 27 marine biology students who graduated with this degree at UH Hilo in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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Your choice of marine biology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for marine biology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
