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Marine Biology at University of California - Santa Cruz

Marine Biology at University of California - Santa Cruz

What traits are you looking for in a biological oceanography school? To help you decide if University of California - Santa Cruz is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's biological oceanography program.

UC Santa Cruz is located in Santa Cruz, California and has a total student population of 19,161.

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.

UC Santa Cruz Marine Biology Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Biological Oceanography

UC Santa Cruz Marine Biology Rankings

The biological oceanography major at UC Santa Cruz 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 UC Santa Cruz

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the biological oceanography majors at University of California - Santa Cruz.

UC Santa Cruz Marine Biology Bachelor’s Program

62% Women
49% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 38% of biological oceanography bachelor's degrees went to men and 62% 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 UC Santa Cruz since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 22% more racial-ethnic minorities in its biological oceanography bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of California - Santa Cruz with a bachelor's in biological oceanography.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 11
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 25
White 41
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 7

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 CA, the home state for University of California - Santa Cruz.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
Biological Scientists 11,010 $91,340
Natural Sciences Managers 7,870 $168,790
Biological Science Professors 4,360 $128,370

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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