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Marine Biology at University of Connecticut

Marine Biology at University of Connecticut

63% Women (Bachelor's)
13% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)
8 Bachelor's Degrees
If you plan to study marine biology, take a look at what University of Connecticut has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UCONN is located in Storrs, Connecticut and approximately 27,215 students attend the school each year.

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.

UCONN Marine Biology Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Biological Oceanography

UCONN Marine Biology Rankings

The biological oceanography major at UCONN 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 UCONN

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

UCONN Marine Biology Bachelor’s Program

63% Women
13% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 38% of biological oceanography bachelor's degrees went to men and 63% 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 UCONN since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

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About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in biological oceanography at UCONN 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 University of Connecticut with a bachelor's in biological oceanography.

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

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 CT, the home state for University of Connecticut.

Occupation Jobs in CT Average Salary in CT
Biological Science Professors 1,160 $104,320
Natural Sciences Managers 650 $179,200
Biological Scientists 150 $93,180

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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