2022 Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

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

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.

This year’s “Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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.

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.

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Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Marine Biology in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

Texas A&M University - College Station

College Station, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$22,743 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in College Station, Texas, and it awarded 12 masters’s biological oceanography degrees 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. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M University - College Station are $22,743.

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

#2

Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi

Corpus Christi, Texas

$15,683 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Biological Oceanography Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi landed the #2 spot on the list. Texas A&M Corpus Christi is a public institution located in Corpus Christi, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M Corpus Christi did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Marine Biology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M Corpus Christi are $15,683.

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

• Best Value Master’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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