<p>What are some really gorgeous, new or old universities located near or on the ocean in the United States?</p>
<p>Pepperdine University is BEAUTIFUL but it doesn’t offer the department I am looking for. Either Marine Biology/Animal Biology or Architecture or maybe even phycology. </p>
<p>Thanks so much !</p>
<p>St Mary’s College of MD is not on the ocean but it is a beautiful school on the water, close to where the Potomac River flows into the Chesapeake Bay.</p>
<p>I think Santa Clara U and U San Diego are pretty and very near the ocean.</p>
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You’d be fortunate to find a botany program. You’re not going to find a phycology; it is entirely too specialized for an undergraduate major. </p>
<p>I have written [many</a> times before](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/4603697-post7.html]many”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/4603697-post7.html) about why it is a bad decision to major in marine biology as an undergraduate if you plan to go into the field. </p>
<p>Pepperdine should stay on your list if it is strong in the sciences; I don’t know enough about it to be able to say. Architecture should probably be your limiting factor, as relatively few schools offer a BArch.</p>
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<p>That said, U Miami and U Washington both have very attractive campuses and strong marine science programs. Stanford is relatively close to the ocean (certainly to the SF Bay). UCSB fits your academic needs, but I don’t know what the campus looks like.</p>
<p>Roger Williams in Rhode Island is on the water. It offers marine biology, but I do not know about the others.</p>
<p>Pepperdine has got to be the most beautiful college near the ocean, and plus there’s mountains behind the campus too. Absolutely gorgeous.</p>
<p>UC Santa Barbara is ON the ocean, meaning you walk from your dorm or class down steps to the beach… no public road in between to cross.</p>
<p>UC Santa Cruz is on a bluff overlooking the ocean, but almost a mile away on a hill. </p>
<p>Pepperdine is likewise not on the beach, but across PCH and then getting to the beach is not easy to do…</p>
<p>U San Diego is across the freeway from Mission Bay, so not that close. UC San Diego, like UCSC, is on a bluff but it takes 10 minutes to get to a BEACH.</p>
<p>Loyola Marymount (in LA) is on a bluff, 3 minutes car ride or 10 minute bike ride from the beach.</p>
<p>University of Miami is great for marine biology.</p>
<p>The University of Miami offers undergraduate Architecture and Marine Sciences majors, (the Marine Sciences major is a required double major combined with either Biology, Chemistry, Physics or Geology). The University provides a shuttle to Key Biscayne beaches (~15 minute ride) and the Rosentiel (Graduate) School, where many of the undergraduate research opportunities are, is located on the water on Virginia Key.</p>
<p>University of Hawaii</p>
<p>If you’ll settle for a REALLY BIG lake, Northwestern is literally on the shores of lake Michigan and the Univ of Chicago is only a few blocks from Lake Michigan (about 25 or so miles south of Northwestern).</p>
<p>University of Alaska-Nome</p>
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<p>Pepperdine is gorgeous.</p>
<p>You could do a semester at sea.</p>
<p>College of Charleston</p>
<p>Hands down Pepperdine is by far the prettiest campus overlooking the ocean. Absolutely stunning.</p>
<p>New College of Florida is on the Bay</p>
<p>I agree with Pepperdine.</p>
<p>Bowdoin is supposed to have an excellent marine biology program and, although their pretty campus is a few miles from the ocean, the college owns land on the ocean where research takes place. A lot depends on your stats, of course.</p>