2025 Best Marine Biology Schools in Maine

A degree in marine biology is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #298 out of 1506 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 Maine to determine which ones were the best for marine biology students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 80 degrees in marine biology annually.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall Marine Biology Schools List

Pick Your Marine Biology Degree Level

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 Schools in Maine list to help you make the college decision. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Marine Biology in Maine

Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the biological oceanography degree levels they offer.

Top Maine Schools in Biological Oceanography

1

University of New England
Biddeford, ME

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

40 Biological Oceanography Degrees Awarded

52.5% Growth in Graduates

University of New England is a great option for students interested in a degree in marine biology. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Biddeford, UNE is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a degree in marine biology from University of New England

2

Unity College
New Gloucester, ME

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

71.4% Growth in Graduates

It is difficult to beat Unity College if you wish to pursue a degree in marine biology. Unity is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit college located in the rural area of New Gloucester.More information about a degree in marine biology from Unity College

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	854	62
Connecticut	538	49
Rhode Island	436	61

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Marine Biology Related Rankings by Major

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
Conservation Biology	8
Evolutionary Biology	8
Environmental Biology	3

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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.