2025 Best Marine Biology Schools in Rhode Island

Marine Biology is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #298 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Marine Biology Schools in Rhode Island ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 71 degrees in marine biology annually.

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Marine Biology Rankings by 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 Rhode Island list to help you make the college decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Marine Biology in Rhode Island

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the biological oceanography degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Rhode Island Schools in Biological Oceanography

1

University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

13.3% Growth in Graduates

Any student who is interested 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 degree in marine biology from University of Rhode Island

2

Roger Williams University
Bristol, RI

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

41 Biological Oceanography Degrees Awarded

14.6% Growth in Graduates

Roger Williams University is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in marine biology. Located in the large suburb of Bristol, RWU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a degree 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	854	62
Connecticut	538	49
Maine	396	47

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Rankings in Majors Related to Biological Oceanography

One of 12 majors within the Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology area of study, Marine Biology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Biological Oceanography

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Evolutionary Biology	9
Environmental Biology	6
Epidemiology	6

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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.

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