2025 Best Marine Biology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island

a bachelor's degree in marine biology is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #191 out of 1232 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Rhode Island to determine which ones were the best for marine biology students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 71 bachelor's degrees in marine biology to qualified students.

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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

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 Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in marine biology.

Top Rhode Island Schools for a Bachelor's in Biological Oceanography

1

University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI

45 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in marine biology has to look into University of Rhode Island. Located in the large suburb of Kingston, URI is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in marine biology from University of Rhode Island

2

Roger Williams University
Bristol, RI

26 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in marine biology needs to take a look at Roger Williams University. Located in the suburb of Bristol, RWU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in marine biology from Roger Williams University

Best Marine Biology Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Marine Biology Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	581	41
Connecticut	341	49
Maine	281	36

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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 Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Environmental Biology	7

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.