Marine Biology at University of Hawaii at Manoa

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

UH Manoa is located in Honolulu, Hawaii and approximately 18,025 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 Manoa Marine Biology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biological Oceanography
• Master’s Degree in Biological Oceanography

UH Manoa Marine Biology Rankings

The biological oceanography major at UH Manoa 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.

There were 6 students who received their doctoral degrees in biological oceanography, making the school the #5 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Biological Oceanography Student Demographics at UH Manoa

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

UH Manoa Marine Biology Bachelor’s Program

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 UH Manoa since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in biological oceanography at UH Manoa are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Hawaii at Manoa with a bachelor's in biological oceanography.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	38
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

UH Manoa Marine Biology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of biological oceanography master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

In the biological oceanography master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 67% of degree recipients. That is 39% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Hawaii at Manoa with a master's in biological oceanography.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Epidemiology

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 Manoa.

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 No machine-readable author provided. under License

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