2024 Best Marine Biology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
6
Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
144
Bachelor's Degrees
Marine Biology is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #191 most popular bachelor's degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 6 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the best for marine biology students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 144 bachelor's degrees in marine biology to qualified students.
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Choosing a Great Marine Biology School for Your Bachelor's Degree
Your choice of marine biology for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
A Great Overall School
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
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 complete 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
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Marine Biology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list to help you make the college decision.
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