2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Marine Biology (Income Over $110k) in the Southwest Region

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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 Southwest region, there were 134 marine biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 15 marine biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent marine biology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the marine biology program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Vallue Biological Oceanography Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Biological Oceanography Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Marine Biology (Income Over $110k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas A&M University - College Station

College Station, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$22,743 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Vallue Biological Oceanography Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in College Station, Texas, this large public school awarded 12 degrees to qualified masters’s biological oceanography students in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station also took the #1 spot in our “Best Marine Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M College Station are $22,743, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Marine Biology at Texas A&M College Station

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Marine Biology (Income Over $110k)

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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