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Australia

Australian Institute of Marine Science – Post-graduate research
Charles Darwin University – BS
Flinders University – BS
James Cook University – BS, MSc, PhD
Murdoch University – BS
University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney – BS
University of Queensland – BS
University of Tasmania – Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies – BS, MS, PhD

Bermuda

Bermuda Biological Station – Research courses and internships

Canada

Dalhousie
McGill University
Memorial University of Newfoundland
The Huntsman Marine Science Center – Field courses
UNB | New Brunswick
Université de Moncton
University of Guelph
University of Toronto
University of Victoria – BS, BA, MS, PhD

Dominica

The Institute for Tropical Marine Ecology – Short-term study programs

Germany

Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology – MS, PhD
University of Bremen – Marine Biology MS | MARUM

Iceland

University of Iceland

Ireland

National University of Ireland (NUI), Galway

India

Annamalai University – BS, MS
Cochin University of Science and Technology – MS, PhD

New Zealand

University of Otago – MS, PhD
Victoria University of Wellington – BS, MSc Marine Biology

Philippines

Mindanao State University-Iligan Institue of Technology (MSU-IIT)

United Kingdom

Newcastle University – School of Marine Science and Technology – BS, MS, PhD
Scottish Association for Marine Science – BSc Marine Science
University of Aberdeen – School of Biological Sciences – BS, MS, PhD
University of Cambridge – Dept. of Zoology – BS, MS, PhD
University of Edinburgh – MSc
University of Plymouth – BSc, MRes
University of Southampton – Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton – BS, MS, PhD
University of St. Andrews – Scottish Oceans Institute
University of Stirling – BSc
University of Wales Bangor – School of Ocean Sciences – BS, MS, PhD
University of Wales Swansea

United States

Alabama

Alabama State University BS [Marine Biology]
Auburn University [Marine Biology] BS [MS/PhD] Samford University [Marine Science] BS, [Environmental Management] MS
University of Alabama [Marine Science/Biology] BS, [Marine Science] MS
University of North Alabama [Marine Biology] BA, BS
University of South Alabama [Biology – Marine Biology Concentration] BS, [Marine Science] MS, PhD
University of West Alabama [Marine Biology] BS, [Conservation Biology] MS

Alaska

Alaska Pacific University [Marine Biology] BA, BS
University of Alaska Fairbanks [Fisheries] BA, [Fisheries or Ocean Sciences] BS, [Marine Biology] MS, PhD
University of Alaska Southeast [Marine Biology, Fisheries & Ocean Sciences: Fisheries Science] BS

California

California Lutheran University [Biology Major focusing on research in marine biology] BA, BS
California State University, Long Beach BS, MS/PhD
California State University Monterey Bay [Marine Science] BS. MS
California State University (Moss Landing Marine Laboratories) [Marine Science] MS
Humboldt State University [Biology with Marine Biology Major Concentration] BS, MS
San Diego State University [Ecology, Evolutionary Biology] BS, MS, PhD
San Francisco State University [Biology: Marine Biology concentration] BS, MS
San Jose State University [Biology: Marine Biology concentration] BS
Sonoma State University [Biology with concentration in Marine Biology] BS, [Biology with concentrations such as Marine Ecology] MS
Stanford University/Hopkins Marine Station (undergraduate/graduate studies)
University of California Berkeley [Marine Science] BA, [Integrative Biology] BA, [Integrative Biology] PhD
University of California Los Angeles [Marine Biology] BS? [Ecology and Evolutionary Biology with Marine Biology specialization] MS, PhD
University of California Santa Barbara [Aquatic Biology, Biology, Zoology, etc.] BA/BS, [Marine Science] MS, PhD
University of California Santa Cruz [Marine Biology] BS, [Ocean Sciences: Biological Oceanography pathway] MS, PhD
University of California San Diego/Scripps Institution of Oceanography [Marine Biology] BS, [Marine Biodiversity and Conservation] MS, PhD
University of San Diego [Environmental and Ocean Sciences with marine ecology pathway] BA, [Environmental and Ocean Sciences] MS
University of Southern California Dornsife [Marine Biology] Minor, Progressive Masters in Marine and Environmental Biology, MS, [Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography, Ocean Sciences] PhDs

Connecticut

University of New Haven [Marine Biology] BS
University of Connecticut [Marine Sciences + Marine Biology Minor] BA, BS, [Graduate Studies in Biological Oceanography]

Florida

Ave Maria University [Marine Biology] BS
Barry University [Biology (BS) Marine Biology concentration]
Eckerd College [Marine Science with Marine Biology track] BS
Florida Atlantic University [Biology] BS, [Marine Science & Oceanography] MS, [Biology] MS, [Marine Science & Oceanography] PhD
Florida Institute of Technology [Marine Biology] BS, [Marine Biology] MS, PhD
Florida International University [Marine Biology] BS, [Biology] MS, PhD
Florida State University [Biology with Marine Biology track] BA/BS, [Biology] MS, PhD
Jacksonville University [Marine Science] BS?, [Marine Science] MS, MA
Nova Southeastern University [Marine Biology] BS, [Marine Science] MS, [Marine Biology/Oceanography] PhD
Rollins College [Marine Biology] BS?
Stetson University [Aquatic and Marine Biology] BS
University of Florida [Marine Sciences] BA/BA? [Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences] MS, MFAS, PhD
University of Miami: Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science [Marine Biology & Ecology] BS, MS, PhD
University of Florida [Marine Sciences] BA/BA? [Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences] MS, MFAS, PhD
University of South Florida [Marine Biology] BS, [Marine Science] MS, PhD
University of Tampa [Marine Science/Biology (double major)] BS
University of West Florida [Marine Biology] BS, [Biology: Marine Biology expertise] MS

Georgia

Savannah State University [Marine Science] BS, MS
University of Georgia [Marine Sciences] BS, [Research or Applied Marine Studies tracks] MS, [Biological, chemical, or physical oceanography] PhD, [Marine Sciences] PhD

Guam

University of Guam [Biology] BS, MS – Marine Laboratory | Houk Lab

Hawaii

Hawai’i Pacific University [Marine Biology] BS, [Oceanography] BS, [Marine Science] MS
University of Hawai’i at Hilo [Marine Science] BA, BS, [Tropical Conservation Biology and Environmental Science] MS
University of Hawai’i at Mãnoa [Marine Biology] BS, MS, PhD

Kansas

Southwestern College [Marine Biology] BS

Louisiana

Nicholls State University [Biology with Marine Biology concentration] BS, [Marine and Environmental Biology] MS

Maine

Maine Maritime Academy [Marine Biology] BS
Unity College [Marine Biology] BS
University of Maine [Marine Science + concentrations in Aquaculture or Oceanography] BS, [Marine Biology] MS, PhD
University of Maine at Machias [Marine Biology] BS
University of New England [Marine Sciences with Marine Biology track] BS, [Marine Sciences] MS

Maryland

University of Maryland [Biology] BS, [Marine-Estuarine-Environmental Sciences] MS, PhD

Massachusetts

Boston University [Marine Science] BA, [Marine Biology Program] MA, PhD
Northeastern University [Marine Biology] BS,  [Marine Biology] MS
Salem State College [Biology with Marine Biology concentration] BS
Suffolk University [Biology with Marine Science concentration] BA, BS
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth [Biology with Marine Biology option] BS, [Marine Science] MS, PhD
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: Undergraduate Programs, Graduate Programs, Postdoctoral Programs

Mississippi

University of Southern Mississippi [Marine Biology] BS, [Marine Science] BS, MS, PhD

Missouri

Northwest Missouri State University [Marine Biology] BS

New Hampshire

University of New Hampshire [Marine, Estuarine and Freshwater Biology] BS, [Marine Biology] MS, PhD

New Jersey

Fairleigh Dickinson University [Marine Biology] BS, [Biology] MS
Rutgers State University [Marine Science with Marine Biology/Biological Oceanography option] BS, [Oceanography] MS, PhD

New York

Cornell University – [Ecology and Evolutionary Biology] BS, [Ecology and Evolutionary Biology] MS, PhD
Hofstra University [Biology with Marine Biology track] BS
State University of New York – Stony Brook [Marine Sciences] BS, [Marine Vertebrate Biology] BS, [Marine Sciences (Marine Conservation and Policy, Marine and Atmospheric Sciences) tracks] MA, MS, PhD
State University of New York – Stony Brook University [Marine Sciences, Marine Vertebrate Biology BS], [Marine Science track – Oceanography] MS, PhD

North Carolina

Duke University [Biology with Marine Biology concentration] BA/BS, [Biology] MS, PhD
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill [Biology with minor in Marine Sciences] BS, [Marine Sciences with specialization in Marine Biology/Ecology] MS, PhD
University of North Carolina Wilmington [Marine Biology] BS, [Marine Biology] MS, PhD

Ohio

Bowling Green State University [Marine and Aquatic Biology BS], [Biology] MS, PhD
Ohio University [Marine, Freshwater, and Environmental Biology] BS, [Biology] MS, [Biology] PhD
Wittenberg University [Biology with Minor in Marine Science] BA, BS

Oregon

University of Oregon, Oregon Institute of Marine Biology BA, BS, MS, PhD
Oregon State University [Biology with Marine Biology option] BS, [Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences] BS, HBS, [Marine Resource Management] MA, MS, [Fisheries Science] BS, MS, PhD, MAIS

Pennsylvania

East Stroudsburg University [Marine Science] BS, [Biology] MS
Millersville University [Biology w/ Marine Biology option] BS

Rhode Island

Brown University [Biology], Graduate Programs
Roger Williams University [Marine Biology] BA, BS
University of Rhode Island [Marine Biology] BS, [Biological and Environmental Sciences – specialization: Evolution and Marine Biology] MS, PhD, [Marine Affairs] MA, PhD

South Carolina

Coastal Carolina University [Marine Science] BS, [Coastal Marine and Wetland Studies] MS
College of Charleston – Grice Marine Laboratory [Marine Biology] BS, MS
University of South Carolina [Marine Science] BS, MS, PhD

Texas

Texas A&M University Corpus Christi [Biology w/ Marine Biology career track] BS, MS, PhD
Texas A&M University Galveston [Marine Biology, Marine Fisheries] BS, IDP, MS, PhD
Texas State [Aquatic Biology] BS, [Aquatic Resources] MS, [Aquatic Resources] PhD
University of Texas at Austin – Marine Science Institute [Biology: Marine and Freshwater Science] BS, [Marine Science] MS, PhD

U.S. Virgin Islands

University of the Virgin Islands – BA, BS, Master of Marine and Environmental Science Program (MMES)

Virginia

College of William and Mary [Marine Science minor], [Marine Science] MS, PhD (Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS))
Hampton University [Marine and Environmental Science] BS
Old Dominion University [Marine Biology] BS, [Ocean and Earth Sciences] MS, [Oceanography] PhD

Washington

Seattle Pacific University [Biology with emphasis in ecology] BS
University of Washington [Marine Biology] BS, [Oceanography with biological oceanography specialization] MS, PhD
Western Washington University [Biology with marine emphasis] BS, [Biology, Marine and Estuarine Science] MS

Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin-Superior [Biology with Ecology, Aquatic Biology and Fishery Science focus] BS
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater [Marine & Freshwater Aquatic Biology Emphasis] BS