2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Marine Science
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$34,200
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With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Marine Science Major” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 374 people earned their degree in marine science, making the major the 295th most popular in the United States. In , marine science graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $26,266 and had an average of $22,075 in loans still to pay off.
At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 30 marine science graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,735 and $124,256 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Marine Science Major” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in marine science. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their marine science program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Marine Science Major
The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree marine science students.
Top 7 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Marine Science
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Marine Science Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Stony Brook University landed the #1 spot on the list. Stony Brook, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s marine science degrees to 9 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Marine Science at SUNY Stony Brook
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Marine Science Major list. Texas A&M Corpus Christi is located in Corpus Christi, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 5 doctorate’s marine science degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Marine Science at Texas A&M Corpus Christi
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Marine Science Major. UMass Dartmouth is a medium-sized school located in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts that handed out 5 doctorate’s marine science degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Marine Science at UMass Dartmouth
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Marine Science Major that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts - Boston landed the #4 spot on the list. UMass Boston is a fairly large school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 2 doctorate’s marine science degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full UMass Boston Marine Science Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Marine Science Major list. Located in Orono, Maine, this fairly large public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified doctorate’s marine science students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Maine Marine Science Report
With a ranking of #6, The University of Texas at Austin did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Marine Science Major list. UT Austin is located in Austin, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 3 doctorate’s marine science degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Marine Science at The University of Texas at Austin
University of Massachusetts Amherst ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Marine Science Major list. Located in Amherst, Massachusetts, this large public school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s marine science students in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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 Science at UMass Amherst
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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
- *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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