2022 Best Value Marine Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Marine Science is the 304th most popular major in the country with 312 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, marine science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $28,200 and had an average of $21,630 in loans still to pay off.

Across Texas, there were 30 marine science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 10 marine science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality marine science 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 science program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Marine Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Marine Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Marine Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Marine Science (Income $30-$48k) in Texas

#1

Texas A&M University - College Station

College Station, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$13,270 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Marine Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in College Station, Texas, this large public school handed out 10 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s marine science students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas A&M College Station, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Marine Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. It costs about $13,270 for Texas Bachelor’s Degree Marine Science students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Texas A&M University - College Station.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Marine Science at Texas A&M University - College Station

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Marine Science (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Marine Science (Income $30-$48k)

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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