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.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Marine Biology Schools in Texas ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 132 degrees in marine biology during the 2020-2021 academic year.
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 Texas.
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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.
Texas A&M University - College Station is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in marine biology. Texas A&M College Station is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of College Station. A Best Colleges rank of #44 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Texas A&M College Station is a great university overall.
There were approximately 118 marine biology students who graduated with this degree at Texas A&M College Station in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in marine biology needs to check out Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi. Texas A&M Corpus Christi is a large public university located in the large city of Corpus Christi. This university ranks 55th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were approximately 5 marine biology students who graduated with this degree at Texas A&M Corpus Christi in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student pursuing a degree in marine biology needs to take a look at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. UT Rio Grande Valley is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Edinburg. This university ranks 21st out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were approximately 9 marine biology students who graduated with this degree at UT Rio Grande Valley 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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