2025 Best Marine Biology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Washington

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in marine biology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #191 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Washington to determine which ones were the best for marine biology students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 80 bachelor's degrees in marine biology during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to marine biology students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other marine biology students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized marine biology related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for marine biology students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The biological oceanography school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Marine Biology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Washington.

In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don't forget it.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Marine Biology in Washington

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in marine biology.

Top Washington Schools for a Bachelor's in Biological Oceanography

1

University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Seattle, WA

62 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in marine biology has to look into University of Washington - Seattle Campus. Located in the large city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in marine biology from University of Washington - Seattle Campus

2

Western Washington University
Bellingham, WA

18 Annual Graduates

Western Washington University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in marine biology. WWU is a large public university located in the small city of Bellingham.More information about a bachelor’s in marine biology from Western Washington University

Best Marine Biology Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Marine Biology Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	643	198
Oregon	343	17
Hawaii	172	97
Alaska	87	9

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Rankings in Majors Related to Biological Oceanography

Marine Biology is one of 12 different types of Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Biological Oceanography

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Other Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology	31
Environmental Biology	8
Conservation Biology	8
Ecology	6

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.