Marine Biology colleges?

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• Location/Region: I’m in California, though willing to apply somewhere on the East Coast. Or perhaps even internationally?

• Major: Marine biology, oceanography, or other related majors.

• GPA/Test Scores: 4.0 Weighted, 3.3 UW

• Curriculum: preferably a deep sea class. Stuff that deals with the depths of the ocean. A focus on marine trenches and all things related to the oceans abyss. And a focus on marine invertebrate anatomy. It’d be neat if there was water polo or swim available!

• Size: relatively small, it’d be nice to have a small student to teacher ratio.

• Costs: haven’t figured it out yet. hopefully get a scholarship. I will definitely be needing aid. I want to go to college for 4 years.

• Schools You're Currently Looking At: UCSD and CSUMB.

• Additional: For the college to be on the coast? Not for aesthetics. Just because marine biology would be a lot easier if the college I go to isn’t land locked.

• Be Detailed! definitely want an inclusive college! Somewhere I won’t be judged for just existing as a human. And scuba certification!! That would be really helpful. Definitely want a roommate!

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https://ccs.ucsb.edu/majors/marine-science

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https://marinesciences.ucsc.edu/coastal-science-campus-facilities/
https://catalog.ucsc.edu/en/current/general-catalog/academic-units/physical-and-biological-sciences-division/ecology-and-evolutionary-biology/marine-biology-bs

Apply for this your second year of college, and look at where past winners attended college: https://www.noaa.gov/office-education/hollings-scholarship

https://www.eckerd.edu/marinescience/

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FIU which is in Miami FL so great opportunities to access scuba diving https://case.fiu.edu/biology/students/undergraduate-programs/bs-in-marine-biology/

Nova Southern looks like it has interesting learning opportunities https://hcas.nova.edu/degrees/bachelors/marine-biology/index.html

https://sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/artsandsciences/biological_sciences/research/marine_biology/

https://www.flsouthern.edu/academic-life/all-academic-programs/rug/marine-biology

This is probably even a better list where you could go through all your potential options: https://www.marinebio.org/careers/us-schools/

This looks like it could be really interesting https://www.hpu.edu/cncs/natural-science/oceanography/index.html

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Eeee!! Thank you so much everyone ^.^❤️

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And then maybe you could look to see what the admissions requirements for schools internationally look like.

Here are some programs for that - https://www.marinebio.org/careers/international-schools/

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no problem! it might help you to make a google sheet with School Name, Location, Total Cost, Net Price Calculator, Scholarships that your gpa/test scores would be competitive for, and then brief key words about the schools program

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Yes I’ll definitely do that later today! I’m PST do it’s still super early

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omg, right, get rest!

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Unfortunately my body wakes itself up at 6:30😭

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wild

[hasty compass]

Second UCSB. The campus is on a beach and their marine bio is one of the best in the world

Stanford has their Hopkins Marine Station in Monterey Bay and I think they still do Stanford-at-Sea??

My bestie from a limnology internship I did does marine bio at Berkeley and they have really good marine bio resources and internships for their students. Shes in Tahiti right now as part of a marine bio research internship that they offer

Berk is public and large though so idk if that’s what you’d prefer

If you’re looking for east coast umaine might be worth looking at

[buoyant root]

have you thought about scripps?

NEU also has a marine science center, although I think it is primarily graduate you could probably do undergrad research there https://cos.northeastern.edu/marinescience/

I also know St Andrews in Scotland has a 5year masters in marine biology

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YEESSS I wanna get my phD at scripps somewhere down the line

[buoyant root]

another college you could look into that’s a safety and very cheap is mt allison university in new brunswick canada, i have a marine bio friend who applied

im not sure about the specifics of its program but it is right near the bay of fundy

so that’s very interesting

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Oo I’ll definitely look into that one!! Thank you!!

[hasty compass]

Cornell is partnered with shoals marine lab on the coast of Maine too

If you ever want to look at lake ecology more as part of their landgrant deal they do a lot in Oneida Lake and the Great Lakes w/ the bio field station up there

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Think it’s already been mentioned but ucsc

Beach, forest, good research, the whole shabang

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Yes UCSC is a good option. but I don’t really wanna go the same college as my cousin… I feel like I’ll take away from her goals plus I don’t find that place appealing. Which is really weird. I want the deep cold ocean!!! Thousands of metres down. And CSUMB and alike colleges will likely give me that opportunity!!

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i wouldn't pick where u go to college based on whether or not ur cousin goes there already. she'll be ok lol. if it's a good opportunity for u u should look into it

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Yeah that’s a good point! But for some reason Santa Cruz just doesn’t interest me

Monterey bay on the other hand 🤑

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i was there over the summer and it was awesooomeeeee

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I’ve visited their aquarium 4 years ago and it still has my heart. They had a deep sea exhibit and oh my gosh it was breath taking!!

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if u get ur gpa and test scores up u could consider the duke marine lab

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EUEUEUUEUEUEU

IVE CONSIDEREDTHAT TOO

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yo another place you can look at like a safety could be university of hawaii!! afaik they have a really good marine bio program

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I don't think that's in their budget

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As neat as that’d sound, I’m not really interested in tropical marine environments 😭

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UNC Wilmington is the GOAT when it comes to marine bio

Also has a coastal engineering undergrad major

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I know you said small but University of Delaware has a whole campus on the delaware beaches (Lewes Delaware) dedicated to marine biology. I can't say too much what its like since I've largely ignored UD since I'm a delaware native and just felt like it was overrated for me but if your coming from the west coast definitely check it out. It's 45 minutes away from philly and you have a direct commuter rail connection to the city via Septa (philly's public transit system). Tuition costs 39,190 (data from the 2024-25 school year). Vibe wise I would have to categorize it as a mix between of University of Alabama and Rutgers University. UD was known as number 1 party school back in 2018 but they have since rehabilitated that image with the ranking now at #40. The school is on the larger side with about 19k undergrad students attending for the 24-25 school year.