2025 Best Marine Biology Schools in Texas

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.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Texas to determine which ones were the best for marine biology students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 147 degrees in marine biology to qualified students.

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

• Best Overall Marine Biology Schools List

Pick Your Marine Biology Degree Level

The biological oceanography school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Marine Biology Schools in Texas. 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 Texas

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 Texas Schools in Biological Oceanography

1

Texas A&M University - College Station
College Station, TX

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

125 Biological Oceanography Degrees Awarded

5.6% Growth in Graduates

Texas A&M University - College Station is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in marine biology. Texas A&M College Station is a very large public university located in the midsize city of College Station.More information about a degree in marine biology from Texas A&M University - College Station

2

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Edinburg, TX

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Any student pursuing a degree in marine biology has to take a look at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. UT Rio Grande Valley is a very large public university located in the city of Edinburg.More information about a degree in marine biology from The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Best Marine Biology Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded

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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.

Majors Similar to Biological Oceanography

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Epidemiology	264
Ecology	77
Evolutionary Biology	44
Aquatic Biology/Limnology	18
Environmental Biology	16
Population Biology	2

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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.