by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Marine Science Major in Florida” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 Florida, there were 37 marine science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 14 marine science graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,198 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Marine Science Major in Florida” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in marine science. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in marine science.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Marine Science Major in Florida” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for florida master’s degree marine science students.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Marine Science Major in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida Atlantic University landed the #1 spot on the list. FAU is a large school located in Boca Raton, Florida that handed out 11 masters’s marine science degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Nova Southeastern University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Marine Science Major in Florida list. This large school is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and it awarded 3 masters’s marine science degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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