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CIP PROGRAM: 26.1302
Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography.

Summary: 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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National Completion Rate Trends

Year Associate'sBachelor'sMaster's
2020 42 1490 244
2021 30 1558 245
2022 39 1521 204
2023 27 1623 258
2024 40 1843 383
Change -35.71% +8.93% +5.74%

Related CIPs

26 BIOLOGICAL AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES.
26.13 Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology.
26.1301 Ecology.
26.1302 Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography.
26.1303 Evolutionary Biology.
26.1304 Aquatic Biology/Limnology.
26.1305 Environmental Biology.
26.1306 Population Biology.
26.1307 Conservation Biology.
26.1308 Systematic Biology/Biological Systematics.
26.1309 Epidemiology.
26.1310 Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.
26.1311 Epidemiology and Biostatistics.
26.1399 Ecology, Evolution, Systematics and Population Biology, Other.

Institutions granting degrees in Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography.

Institution Degrees Granted (2024)5-Year Change
Alabama State University1 -
Auburn University9 -15.38%
Barry University4 -
Boston University30 -54.17%
California State University-Long Beach38 +60.00%
Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences6 +75.00%
Coastal Carolina University141 -6.40%
College of Charleston33 +52.38%
Duke University1 -
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania17 +100.00%
Eckerd College84 +77.78%
Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus2 -
Florida Institute of Technology12 +25.00%
Florida International University26 +76.47%
Florida Southern College23 +52.94%
Hampshire College1 -
Hampton University5 -60.00%
Hawaii Pacific University32 +4.17%
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Bayamon14 +550.00%
Jacksonville University17 +35.71%
Loyola University New Orleans1 -
Maine Maritime Academy7 -
Mitchell College10 -
Montclair State University9 +25.00%
Northeastern University14 +70.00%
Northwest Missouri State University12 +100.00%
Nova Southeastern University41 +4.17%
Roger Williams University26 +32.26%
Rollins College8 -63.64%
Rutgers University-New Brunswick14 -
Sacred Heart University1 -
Saint Joseph's College of Maine3 -
Salem State University2 -94.12%
Samford University1 -
San Jose State University1 -
Savannah State University18 -25.00%
Stockton University35 -11.63%
Stony Brook University61 +21.62%
Texas A & M University-College Station93 +17.39%
The University of Alabama10 +30.77%
The University of Tampa65 -21.82%
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley20 +12.50%
Troy University4 -25.00%
Unity Environmental University35 +22.22%
University of Alaska Southeast7 +20.00%
University of California-Los Angeles16 +45.45%
University of California-San Diego79 +32.31%
University of California-Santa Cruz85 -5.71%
University of Connecticut8 -27.27%
University of Delaware20 -5.00%
University of Hawaii at Hilo46 -11.76%
University of Hawaii at Manoa59 -10.42%
University of Maine5 -
University of Miami51 -26.32%
University of Mobile1 +200.00%
University of New England35 +60.87%
University of New Haven13 -48.00%
University of North Alabama5 -75.00%
University of North Carolina Wilmington91 +4.82%
University of Oregon33 +66.67%
University of Puerto Rico at Ponce2 -50.00%
University of Puerto Rico-Humacao16 +28.57%
University of Rhode Island45 -44.44%
University of South Carolina-Columbia46 -6.78%
University of South Florida32 -
University of Southern California1 -
University of Southern Mississippi25 +7.69%
University of Washington-Seattle Campus62 +4800.00%
University of West Alabama3 +25.00%
University of West Florida40 -9.76%
University of the Virgin Islands6 +60.00%
Western Washington University18 +5.88%
Wisconsin Lutheran College6 -75.00%