2025 Best Marine Science Schools in the Southwest Region
1College in the Southwest Region
45Marine Science Degrees Awarded
$27,949Avg Early-Career Salary
You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a degree in marine science. It is ranked #295 out of 395 major degree programs in terms of popularity. As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.
There was only one school in the Southwest Region to review for the 2025 Best Marine Science Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.
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Best Schools for Marine Science in the Southwest Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the marine science degree levels they offer.
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.
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