by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Biological Oceanography Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 1,835 people earned their degree in marine biology, making the major the 298th most popular in the United States.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 3 marine biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
To top this list, a school must have a successful marine biology program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Well Attended Biological Oceanography Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.
The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region biological oceanography students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wisconsin Lutheran College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Biological Oceanography Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This small school is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and it awarded 3 ’s biological oceanography degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
