2023 Most Well Attended Marine Sciences Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s

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Marine Sciences is the 679th most popular major in the country with 334 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the New England region, there were 75 marine sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 52 marine sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Marine Sciences Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in marine sciences. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in marine sciences.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended Marine Sciences Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Marine Sciences Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 2 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Marine Sciences in the New England Region

1

University of Maine
Orono, Maine

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Marine Sciences Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Orono, Maine, this fairly large public school handed out 52 degrees to qualified bachelors’s marine sciences students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Marine Sciences at University of Maine

2

Maine Maritime Academy
Castine, Maine

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Marine Sciences Major in the New England Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Maine Maritime Academy landed the #2 spot on the list. Maine Maritime is a small school located in Castine, Maine that handed out 0 bachelors’s marine sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Marine Sciences at Maine Maritime

• Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Marine Sciences

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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