Anonymous wrote:Look through lists of Hollings Scholars. See what schools pop up most frequently, especially relative to size. Build your list from there.

https://www.noaa.gov/office-education/hollings-scholarship

Your child should DEFINITELY apply for this scholarship his freshman year of college.

It is competitive but represents SUCH an amazing opportunity: the kids get a paid research internship at a NOAA office of their choosing, travel to two conferences to present their research the following year and partial college scholarships junior and senior year of college. It is a really wonderful program.

Eckerd in FL as well.

Look through lists of Hollings Scholars. See what schools pop up most frequently, especially relative to size. Build your list from there.

https://www.noaa.gov/office-education/hollings-scholarship

Anonymous wrote:Such a neat field!

I have heard (from a marine biologist, actually) that the best thing to do is to get a general biology degree as a undergrad, and then to specialize in graduate school. Just FYI, and take it with a grain of (sea) salt, since it's secondhand info!

The most important thing - besides getting good grades - is getting research experience in college and/or working in research a couple of years after graduating before applying to grad school. A general biology degree is good, but it's nice to have access to a marine lab if that's what you're sure you want to do.

Another school to add to your list is UC Davis which runs the Bodega Bay marine lab, and undergrads can take courses or work/intern there.

UCSC Long Marine Lab

Monterey Bay is the best place to live and study marine biology (but I’m biased)

https://www.dal.ca/faculty/science/oceanography/programs.html

University of Maine - Marine Sciences/Darling Marine Center

Just fyi, there are some summer programs nearby in Delaware in case your kid is interested: https://www.udel.edu/academics/colleges/ceoe/community/summer-opportunities/

University of Hawaii Manoa

University of Maryland Eastern Shore
University of Rhode Island
SUNY Stony Brook (including the Southampton campus)
SUNY Maritime

University of Miami - research during saltwater semester

UNC Wilmington - Center for Marine Science

College of Charleston- they have a marine laboratory

Tulane has an Environmental Biology major with a marine biology minor. They have the LUMCON marine center for research about 1.5 hours from New Orleans.

RUCOOL at Rutgers

Such a neat field!

I have heard (from a marine biologist, actually) that the best thing to do is to get a general biology degree as a undergrad, and then to specialize in graduate school. Just FYI, and take it with a grain of (sea) salt, since it's secondhand info!

My DS has started his search along the coast lines for undergraduate colleges that would cater to his interest of marine science and environmental science. We're hoping to get a good list of labs or research institutes that are closely tied to universities so that he can review specific opportunities.

Examples of this are:
Wave lab at University of Oregon
Woods Hole at MIT
VIMS at William and Mary
Scripps at UCSD