College List - Marine Bio or Environmental Science

AustenNut
Thu, 22 Feb 2024 14:38:42 +0000

I went ahead and pulled the class sizes for the colleges I mentioned earlier (plus Colorado State) using this aggregator, and for the schools that weren’t in the aggregator, I used USNWR. I’ve sorted this list by the percentage of classes that have more than 50 students.

For schools with lower percentages of classes over 50, I think there would probably be less need for an honors college (though definitely a nice-to-have). But the larger the percentage of classes that have more than 50, the more important I think that honors college will be. Additionally, I would recommend looking at the Common Data Sets (CDS) for schools of greater interest. The CDS will give greater detail on classes sizes…like how many are in the 20-30 range vs the 40-50 range, as I suspect that can also have a significant impact on the classroom experience.

With that said, here’s the chart:

School | Classes under 20 | Classes 20-49 | Classes 50+
U. of Redlands | 64.0% | 36.0% | 0.0%
Colorado College | 63.0% | 37.0% | 0.0%
St. Mary’s College of Maryland | 72.0% | 27.0% | 1.0%
Lewis & Clark | 54.0% | 45.0% | 1.0%
Stockton | 36.4% | 62.6% | 1.0%
Colby | 64.0% | 34.0% | 2.0%
Salisbury | 46.3% | 51.1% | 2.6%
Cal State: Monterey Bay | 28.8% | 67.3% | 3.9%
Cal Poly: Humboldt | 43.9% | 49.6% | 6.6%
SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry | 64.0% | 29.0% | 7.0%
U. of Wisconsin - Stevens Point | 38.3% | 52.9% | 8.8%
U. of Montana | 54.0% | 37.0% | 10.0%
U. of Rhode Island | 39.0% | 51.0% | 11.0%
Western Washington | 49.5% | 39.5% | 11.1%
Cal Poly: San Luis Obispo | 18.7% | 69.8% | 11.5%
U. of Maine | 45.0% | 42.0% | 14.0%
U. of Hawaii at Manoa | 39.6% | 44.5% | 15.9%
U. of Vermont | 41.0% | 42.0% | 17.0%
U. of Delaware | 36.0% | 47.0% | 17.0%
U. of Oregon | 37.0% | 44.0% | 19.0%
UC - Santa Barbara (not CCS) | 57.0% | 25.0% | 19.0%
Colorado State | 34.0% | 44.0% | 22.0%

ETA: Forgot the California publics so I added them in.