by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Marine Science Major in Maine” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Maine, there were 63 marine science graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,924 and $27,000 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 marine science graduates with average earnings and debt of $81,243 and $0 respectively.
This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in marine science.
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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 “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Marine Science Major in Maine” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Marine Science Major in Maine”.
Out of the 1 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Marine Science Major in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine landed the #1 spot on the list. UMaine is a fairly large public school situated in Orono, Maine. It awarded 2 doctorate’s marine science degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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