2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Marine Biology in Texas (With Aid)

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 “Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Marine Biology is the 288th most popular major in the country with 1,914 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Texas, there were 134 marine biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 112 marine biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in marine biology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent marine biology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the marine biology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Marine Biology in Texas (With Aid)

#1

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Edinburg, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$4,514 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid list. UT Rio Grande Valley is located in Edinburg, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s biological oceanography degrees to qualified students.

UT Rio Grande Valley not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Marine Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. The estimated yearly cost for The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is $4,514 for Texas Bachelor’s Degree Biological Oceanography students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#2

Texas A&M University - College Station

College Station, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$19,057 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid. Texas A&M College Station is located in College Station, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 106 bachelors’s biological oceanography degrees to qualified students.

Texas A&M College Station did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Marine Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M College Station is $19,057 for Texas Bachelor’s Degree Biological Oceanography students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The low student loan default rate of 2.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Marine Biology in the Southwest Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Marine Biology (With Aid)

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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