Chemical & Physical Oceanography is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #572 most popular degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for chemical & physical oceanography students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 184 degrees in chemical & physical oceanography to qualified students.
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Choosing a Great Chemical & Physical Oceanography School
Your choice of chemical & physical oceanography school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Chemical & Physical Oceanography School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Pick Your Chemical & Physical Oceanography Degree Level
The chemical & physical oceanography school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Chemical & Physical Oceanography Schools in the Southeast Region.
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Best Schools for Chemical & Physical Oceanography in the Southeast Region
The schools below may not offer all types of chemical & physical oceanography degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Southeast Region Schools in Chemical & Physical Oceanography
It is difficult to beat Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College if you want to pursue a degree in chemical & physical oceanography. Located in the midsize city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 30 schools for overall quality in the state of Louisiana.
There were about 45 chemical & physical oceanography students who graduated with this degree at Louisiana State University in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in chemical & physical oceanography needs to check out North Carolina State University. NC State is a very large public university located in the city of Raleigh. A Best Colleges rank of #122 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means NC State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 28 chemical & physical oceanography students who graduated with this degree at NC State in the most recent year we have data available.
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Florida State University is a wonderful choice for students interested in a degree in chemical & physical oceanography. Located in the city of Tallahassee, Florida State is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #117 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Florida State is a great university overall.
There were about 19 chemical & physical oceanography students who graduated with this degree at Florida State in the most recent data year.
Any student who is interested in chemical & physical oceanography needs to check out University of North Carolina at Wilmington. Located in the medium-sized city of Wilmington, UNCW is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 12th out of 93 colleges for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were roughly 14 chemical & physical oceanography students who graduated with this degree at UNCW in the most recent year we have data available.
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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Your choice of chemical & physical oceanography school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Chemical & Physical Oceanography School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
