2023 Most Well Attended Marine Science Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate

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 “Most Well Attended Marine Science Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate” 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 the Southwest region, there were 35 marine science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 13 marine science graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,218 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Marine Science Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in marine science. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in marine science.

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Most Well Attended Marine Science Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Marine Science Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate”.

Top 2 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Marine Science in the Southwest Region

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The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas

#6 overall quality in Southwest

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Marine Science Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate list. The University of Texas at Austin is located in Austin, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 doctorate’s marine science degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.

Read full report on Marine Science at The University of Texas at Austin

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Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Marine Science Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate. Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi is a fairly large school located in Corpus Christi, Texas that handed out 5 doctorate’s marine science degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi Marine Science Report

• Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Marine Science

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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