If you're seeking a degree in marine science, you will have fewer peers than average since the major degree program is the #295 one in the country in terms of popularity.This may make is a little harder to find a school that is a good fit for you.
There was only one school in Maine to review for the 2025 Best Marine Science Schools in Maine ranking.
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 Science Schools in Maine list to help you make the college decision.
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The schools below may not offer all types of marine science degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
University of Maine is a good choice for students pursuing a degree in marine science. Located in the small suburb of Orono, UMaine is a public university with a large student population.
Graduates who receive their degree from the marine science program earn around $29,243 for their early career.
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).
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