Marine Biology at University of Hawaii at Hilo

Every marine biology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the biological oceanography program at University of Hawaii at Hilo stacks up to those at other schools.

UH Hilo is located in Hilo, Hawaii and approximately 3,165 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.

UH Hilo Marine Biology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biological Oceanography

UH Hilo Marine Biology Rankings

The biological oceanography major at UH Hilo 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 UH Hilo

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

UH Hilo Marine Biology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of biological oceanography bachelor's degrees went to men and 67% 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 UH Hilo since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% 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 Hawaii at Hilo with a bachelor's in biological oceanography.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	22
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

Related Majors

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 HI, the home state for University of Hawaii at Hilo.

Occupation	Jobs in HI	Average Salary in HI
Biological Scientists	300	$79,760
Natural Sciences Managers	250	$115,240

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 Vreed under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.