2022 Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Marine Biology in the Southwest Region

A master's degree in marine biology is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #346 out of 1095 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.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the most popular for marine biology students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 15 master's degrees in marine biology during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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One Size Does Not Fit All

This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for marine biology.

Most Popular Schools for Master’s Students to Study Marine Biology in the Southwest Region

Explore the most popular colleges and universities for marine biology students seeking a a master's degree.

Most Well Attended Schools for Biological Oceanography Students Working on Their Master's

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Texas A&M University - College Station
College Station, TX

12 Annual Master's Degrees

#1 Most Popular In TX

#1 Best Quality In TX

Texas A&M University - College Station is a popular decision for students pursuing a master's degree in marine biology. Located in the medium-sized city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public university with a fairly large student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for master's degrees in marine biology in Texas. More information about a master’s in marine biology from Texas A&M University - College Station

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Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi, TX

3 Annual Master's Degrees

#2 Most Popular In TX

#2 Best Quality In TX

Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi is one of the most popular schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in marine biology. Located in the large city of Corpus Christi, Texas A&M Corpus Christi is a public university with a fairly large student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #2 in quality for master's degrees in marine biology in Texas. More information about a master’s in marine biology from Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi

Best Marine Biology Colleges by State

Explore the most popular marine biology schools for a specific state in the Southwest Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	520	11

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Rankings in Majors Related to Biological Oceanography

Marine Biology is one of 11 different types of Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Biological Oceanography

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Epidemiology	176
Ecology	15
Evolutionary Biology	8
Population Biology	3
Aquatic Biology/Limnology	2
Environmental Biology	2
Evolutionary Biology	1

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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Ernst Haeckel. More about our data sources and methodologies.