2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Marine Biology in the Southwest Region
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Marine Biology is the 298th most popular major in the country with 1,994 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Southwest region, there were 147 marine biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 13 marine biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,912 and $102,180 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Biological Oceanography Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in marine biology. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in marine biology.
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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Biological Oceanography Major in the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Biological Oceanography Major in the Southwest Region”.
Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Marine Biology in the Southwest Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Biological Oceanography Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi landed the #1 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 7 doctorate’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% 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%.
Full Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi Marine Biology Report
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Biological Oceanography Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in College Station, Texas, this large public school handed out 6 degrees to qualified doctorate’s biological oceanography students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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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%.
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- *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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