Marine Biology at University of Puerto Rico - Ponce

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 Puerto Rico - Ponce stacks up to those at other schools.

UPR Ponce is located in Ponce, Puerto Rico and approximately 2,382 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.

UPR Ponce Marine Biology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biological Oceanography

UPR Ponce Marine Biology Rankings

The biological oceanography major at UPR Ponce 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 UPR Ponce

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

UPR Ponce Marine Biology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of biological oceanography bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 73% 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 Puerto Rico - Ponce with a bachelor's in biological oceanography.

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

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 PR, the home state for University of Puerto Rico - Ponce.

Occupation	Jobs in PR	Average Salary in PR

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 Roca Ruiz under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.