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2023 Best Value Marine Science Schools in Texas

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$9,645 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Marine Science School for You

Marine Science is the #170 most popular major in Texas with 20 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Best Value Marine Science Schools in Texas ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 3 schools in Texas to see which ones offered the best value programs for marine science students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Marine Science Schools in Texas

Check out the marine science programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Texas Schools for Affordable Quality in Marine Science

$9,748 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi to be the best value school for marine science students who want to pursue a degree in Texas. Located in the city of Corpus Christi, Texas A&M Corpus Christi is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Texas A&M Corpus Christi are $9,748 a year.

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$11,752 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at The University of Texas at Austin helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best marine science schools in Texas. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the city of Austin.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UT Austin are $11,752 a year.

UT Austin did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Marine Science Schools in Texas list.

Full Marine Science at The University of Texas at Austin Report

$9,541 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Marine Science Schools in Texas list. UT Rio Grande Valley is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Edinburg.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UT Rio Grande Valley are $9,541 per year.

Full Marine Science at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Report

Best Value Marine Science Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Value Marine Science Schools in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded

Marine Science is one of 36 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Marine Science

Related Major Annual Graduates
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 2,491
Sustainability Science 1,547
Nutrition Science 1,496
Behavioral Science 1,358
Computational Science 1,063

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Daderot.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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