Marine Sciences at University of Georgia

If you plan to study marine sciences, take a look at what University of Georgia has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UGA is located in Athens, Georgia and has a total student population of 39,147.

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.

UGA Marine Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Marine Sciences

UGA Marine Sciences Rankings

Marine Sciences Student Demographics at UGA

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

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 GA, the home state for University of Georgia.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	1,300	$72,860
Biological Scientists	1,040	$72,460
Geoscientists	490	$68,860
Physical Scientists	320	$106,560
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists	170	$63,890

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 Pruddle under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.