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A program that focuses on the scientific study of the ecology and behavior of microbes, plants, and animals inhabiting oceans, coastal waters, and saltwater wetlands and their interactions with the physical environment. Includes instruction in chemical, physical, and geological oceanography; molecular, cellular, and biochemical studies; marine microbiology; marine botany; ichthyology; mammalogy; marine population dynamics and biodiversity; reproductive biology; studies of specific species, phyla, habitats, and ecosystems; marine paleocology and palentology; and applications to fields such as fisheries science and biotechnology.
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| A major in Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography is highly relevant for the following careers. National averages for wages in each career is provided. |
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Top 50
U.S.
Colleges with the
most degrees awarded
of Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography among the 2006-2007
graduating class.
|  | Texas A & M University at Galveston
Galveston, TX | 73
(29.3%) |  |  |
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| | University of California-Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA | 65
(1.9%) | |  |
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| | Coastal Carolina University
Conway, SC | 63
(6.3%) |  | |
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| | University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Wilmington, NC | 42
(1.9%) | | |
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| | Eckerd College
Saint Petersburg, FL | 39
(7.2%) | |  |
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| | University of Hawaii at Hilo
Hilo, HI | 37
(7.0%) | | |
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| | California State University-Long Beach
Long Beach, CA | 34
(0.6%) | | |
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| | University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL | 33
(1.3%) |  |  |
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| | The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
Pomona, NJ | 31
(1.9%) | | |
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| | University of New England
Biddeford, ME | 28
(13.8%) | | |
* The number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2006-2007 graduating class.
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