2024 Best Marine Sciences Schools in the Far Western US Region
7Colleges in the Far Western US Region
118Marine Sciences Degrees Awarded
When it comes to popularity, marine sciences sits in the middle of the road, ranking #679 out of 1506 majors in the country. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 7 schools in the Far Western US Region to determine which ones were the best for marine sciences students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 118 degrees in marine sciences during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of marine sciences school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Marine Sciences School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Marine Sciences Schools in the Far Western US Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Marine Sciences in the Far Western US Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the marine sciences degree levels they offer.
Top Far Western US Region Schools in Marine Sciences
California State University - Monterey Bay is a good decision for students interested in a degree in marine sciences. Located in the midsize suburb of Seaside, CSUMB is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 102nd out of 168 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were roughly 64 marine sciences students who graduated with this degree at CSUMB in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in marine sciences needs to take a look at University of Southern California. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #11 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means USC is a great university overall.More information about a degree in marine sciences from University of Southern California
University of California - Davis is a great choice for students interested in a degree in marine sciences. UC Davis is a fairly large public university located in the small suburb of Davis. A Best Colleges rank of #52 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UC Davis is a great university overall.
There were approximately 12 marine sciences students who graduated with this degree at UC Davis in the most recent year we have data available.
California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in marine sciences. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a fairly large public university located in the small suburb of San Luis Obispo. A Best Colleges rank of #95 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a great university overall.
There were roughly 28 marine sciences students who graduated with this degree at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large city of San Francisco, SFSU is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 35th out of 168 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were about 3 marine sciences students who graduated with this degree at SFSU in the most recent data year.
Located in the large city of San Jose, San Jose State is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 23rd out of 168 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were roughly 3 marine sciences students who graduated with this degree at San Jose State in the most recent data year.
Hawaii Pacific University is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Honolulu. This university ranks 6th out of 12 colleges for overall quality in the state of Hawaii.
There were about 8 marine sciences students who graduated with this degree at Hawaii Pacific University in the most recent data year.
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Notes and References
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 sciences school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Marine Sciences School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
