2022 Best Value Marine Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Texas

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Marine Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Texas” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Marine Sciences is the 738th most popular major in the country with 312 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Texas, there were 30 marine sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 14 marine sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Marine Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Texas” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in marine sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality marine sciences programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the marine sciences program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Marine Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Texas

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Marine Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Texas.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Marine Sciences in Texas

#1

The University of Texas at Austin

Austin, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$22,886 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Marine Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Texas list. Located in Austin, Texas, this large public school awarded 2 degrees to qualified masters’s marine sciences students in 2019-2020.

UT Austin also made our “Best Marine Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at Austin are $22,886.

Read more about Marine Sciences at UT Austin

#2

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Edinburg, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$15,151 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Marine Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Texas. Edinburg, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s marine sciences degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

UT Rio Grande Valley not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Marine Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley are $15,151, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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