2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Marine Science in the Southwest Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Marine Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 312 people earned their degree in marine science, making the major the 304th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, marine science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $28,200 and had an average of $21,630 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 30 marine science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 marine science graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Marine Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in marine science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality marine science programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the marine science program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Value Marine Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Marine Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region doctor’s degree marine science students.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Marine Science in the Southwest Region

#1

The University of Texas at Austin

Austin, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$22,886 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Marine Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region list. UT Austin is a large public school situated in Austin, Texas. It awarded 3 doctorate’s marine science degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Austin did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Marine Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UT Austin are $22,886.

Full UT Austin Marine Science Report

#2

Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi

Corpus Christi, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$15,683 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Marine Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region list. Texas A&M Corpus Christi is located in Corpus Christi, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 doctorate’s marine science degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas A&M Corpus Christi, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Marine Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M Corpus Christi are $15,683, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Marine Science at Texas A&M Corpus Christi

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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