Marine Sciences at University of Florida

What traits are you looking for in a marine sciences school? To help you decide if University of Florida is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's marine sciences program.

UF is located in Gainesville, Florida and approximately 53,372 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Marine Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

UF Marine Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Marine Sciences

UF Marine Sciences Rankings

Marine Sciences Student Demographics at UF

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the marine sciences majors at University of Florida.

Careers That Marine Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in marine sciences can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for FL, the home state for University of Florida.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Professors	16,250	$61,440
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	4,920	$58,790
Biological Scientists	1,770	$71,200
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists	1,370	$51,950
Geoscientists	740	$80,970

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By DouglasGreen under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.