2025 Best Marine Biology Bachelor's Degree Schools in New Jersey

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.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Marine Biology Bachelor's Degree Schools in New Jersey ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 60 bachelor's degrees in marine biology during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on marine biology students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of marine biology students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• 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.

More Ways to Rank Marine Biology Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Marine Biology Bachelor's Degree Schools in New Jersey ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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

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

Top New Jersey Schools for a Bachelor's in Biological Oceanography

1

Rutgers University - New Brunswick
New Brunswick, NJ

14 Annual Graduates

Rutgers University - New Brunswick is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in marine biology. Located in the small city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in marine biology from Rutgers University - New Brunswick

2

Stockton University
Galloway, NJ

35 Annual Graduates

Stockton University is a good decision for students interested in a bachelor's degree in marine biology. Located in the rural area of Galloway, Stockton State is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in marine biology from Stockton University

Best Marine Biology Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Marine Biology Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	707	52
Pennsylvania	698	13
Delaware	224	24

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Marine Biology Related Rankings by Major

One of 12 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
Evolutionary Biology	37
Environmental Biology	18

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.