2022 Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,914 people earned their degree in marine biology, making the major the 288th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 27 marine biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 27 marine biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in marine biology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great marine biology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the marine biology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The biological oceanography school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k”.

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Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Marine Biology (Income $48-$75k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Northwest Missouri State University

Maryville, Missouri

#2 in overall quality

$11,988 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwest Missouri State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Maryville, Missouri is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s biological oceanography degrees to 17 students in 2019-2020.

Northwest did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Marine Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Northwest is $11,988 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Biological Oceanography students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full Northwest Missouri State University Marine Biology Report

#2

Central Methodist University - College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Fayette, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$21,212 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Methodist University - College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Central Methodist University - College of Liberal Arts & Sciences is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Fayette, Missouri. It awarded 8 bachelors’s biological oceanography degrees in 2019-2020.

CMU CLAS did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Marine Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Central Methodist University - College of Liberal Arts & Sciences is $21,212 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Biological Oceanography students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read full report on Marine Biology at CMU CLAS

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Marine Biology (Income $48-$75k)

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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