Marine Biology at Eckerd College

19% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

What traits are you looking for in a biological oceanography school? To help you decide if Eckerd College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's biological oceanography program.

Eckerd is located in Saint Petersburg, Florida and has a total student population of 1,822.

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

Eckerd Marine Biology Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Biological Oceanography

Eckerd Marine Biology Rankings

The biological oceanography major at Eckerd is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Marine Biology. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Biological Oceanography Student Demographics at Eckerd

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the biological oceanography majors at Eckerd College.

Eckerd Marine Biology Bachelor’s Program

69% Women

19% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 31% of biological oceanography bachelor's degrees went to men and 69% went to women. The typical biological oceanography bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% men. So male students are more repesented at Eckerd since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in biological oceanography at Eckerd are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Eckerd College with a bachelor's in biological oceanography.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	67
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Careers That Biological Oceanography Grads May Go Into

A degree in biological oceanography 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 Eckerd College.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Biological Scientists	1,770	$71,200
Biological Science Professors	1,590	$90,750

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
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