2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Marine Biology in North Carolina

A doctor's degree in marine biology is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #181 out of 815 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many colleges that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2022, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Marine Biology in North Carolina ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 9 doctor's degrees in marine biology during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Most Popular Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Marine Biology in North Carolina

The following list ranks the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in marine biology.

Most Well Attended Schools for Biological Oceanography Students Working on Their Doctorate

1

Duke University
Durham, NC

7 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In NC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in marine biology has to check out Duke University. Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Durham. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in marine biology in North Carolina. More information about a doctorate in marine biology from Duke University

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University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Wilmington, NC

2 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In NC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

University of North Carolina at Wilmington is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in marine biology. UNCW is a fairly large public university located in the city of Wilmington. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for doctor's degrees in marine biology in North Carolina. More information about a doctorate in marine biology from University of North Carolina at Wilmington

Best Marine Biology Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Marine Biology Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	219	5
Georgia	190	2
Virginia	176	11
South Carolina	130	4
Mississippi	96	0

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Marine Biology Related Rankings by Major

One of 11 majors within the Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology area of study, Marine Biology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Majors Related to Biological Oceanography

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Epidemiology	22
Ecology	7

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
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