2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Marine Science Major in the Southeast Region

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In 2020-2021, 334 people earned their degree in marine science, making the major the 295th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, marine science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $26,266 and had an average of $22,416 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 61 marine science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 23 marine science graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Marine Science Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in marine science. That schools that top this list have a program in marine science in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Marine Science Major in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Marine Science Major in the Southeast Region”.

Top 3 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Marine Science in the Southeast Region

1

University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida

#9 overall quality in Southeast

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Marine Science Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Florida landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Gainesville, Florida, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s marine science degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%.

Read more about Marine Science at UF

2

Eckerd College
Saint Petersburg, Florida

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eckerd College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Marine Science Major in the Southeast Region list. Eckerd College is located in Saint Petersburg, Florida and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s marine science degrees to qualified students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Marine Science at Eckerd College

2

The College of the Florida Keys
Key West, Florida

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The College of the Florida Keys. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Marine Science Major in the Southeast Region list. The College of the Florida Keys is a small public school situated in Key West, Florida. It awarded 0 bachelors’s marine science degrees in 2020-2021.

Full The College of the Florida Keys Marine Science Report

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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