Introduction
Below are a number of colleges and universities that have programs designed to train college students in marine biology. Keep in mind, however, that you may profit equally and, maybe even more in some cases, by finding an excellent college that has no particular specialization in marine biology. If you get a sound biology education and complement it with summer marine station courses and perhaps an internship, you will prepare yourself well for a career in marine biology. Remember, it is often better to get a basic science and humanities education than to specialize early. Learning to think broadly may, in the end, help you to see relationships that a specialized education may never afford. Despite these caveats, there are good programs around that do both. I cannot broadly endorse or recommend against any of the ones below, but if you have specific questions, I may be able to answer them.

 

In the USA

• Barry University, Miami, Florida, Marine Biology Concentration in Biology Major
• Boston University Marine Program
• California State, Long Beach: Marine Biology Major
• University of California, Los Angeles: Marine Biology Major
• University of California, Santa Barbara: Ecology, Evolution, Marine Biology
• University of California, Santa Cruz: Ocean Sciences Major
• Coastal Carolina University (South Carolina), Marine Sciences Program
• College of Charleston, South Carolina: Marine Biology Major
• Cornell University – Marine Biology concentration
• University of Connecticut, Avery Point: Coastal Studies Program
• Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia: Honors and Advanced Major in Marine Biology
• University of Delaware, Marine Studies
• University of Dublin, Trinity College: program for “Junior year Abroad” undergraduates
• Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida: Marine Science Major
• Fairleigh Dickinson University: Marine Biology Major
• Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida: Marine Biology Program
• University of West Florida: Marine Biology Major
• University of Hawaii, Manoa: Marine Biology Major
• Hawai`i Pacific University
• Humboldt State University, California: various marine programs
• Humboldt State University,California: Fisheries
• University of Hawai’i at Hilo: Marine Science Major
• Hood College: Coastal Studies National Honors Semester
• Lawrence University: Marine Term Program
• University of Maine: Marine Science and Aquaculture Majors
• University of Maine at Machias: Marine Program
• University of Miami: Marine Biology Program
• University of Southern Mississippi
• Northwest Missouri University Marine Biology
• University of New England, Biddeford, Maine: Marine Biology Program
• University of New Hampshire, Marine and Freshwater Biology program
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Marine Science Minor
• University of North Carolina, Wilmington, Marine Biology Program
• Northeastern University Marine Sciences
• Oregon Institute of Marine Biology
• University of Puerto Rico
• University of Rhode Island, Kingston: Marine Biology Program
• Roger Williams University, Bristol, Rhode Island: Marine Biology Program
• San Francisco State Graduate Program
• Savannah State Marine Sciences – B.S., M.S .
• Sea Education Association, Woods Hole, Massachusetts
• Seattle Pacific University: Marine Biology Emphasis within Biology Major
• University of Southern Mississippi, Dept. of Marine Sciences
• University of South Carolina, Marine Sciences Programs
• South Carolina: Medical University, Marine Biomedicine and Environmental Sciences
• University of South Carolina: Marine Science Program
• Stony Brook University: Marine  Science Undergraduate Programs
• University of Tampa
• Texas A&M Marine Program
• University of the Virgin Islands, Marine Biology Major
• University of Washington: Marine Biology
• University of Washington: School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
• Williams-Mystic Maritime Studies Program

INTERNATIONAL

• University of Cape Town, South Africa
• James Cook University, Townesville, Australia: Marine Biology Major, other programs
• University of Groningen, Netherlands, Marine Biology Department
• Macquarie University, Australia, Bachelor of Marine Science
• Murdoch University, Australia: Marine Science Program
• University of Tasmania, Australia: Aquaculture Degree Program
• Queen’s University , Belfast, N. Ireland: BSC Honours in Marine Biology
• University of Queensland, Australia, Bachelor of Marine Studies
• Scarborough Centre for Coastal Studies, University of Hull, U. K.
• University of East Anglia, U.K.: Environmental Science, including Marine Biology