by our College Data Analytics TeamStudents interested in marine biology, you may also want to explore other closely related fields of study. Below you will find majors with similar career paths, related concentrations and specializations, and the most popular similar majors, ranked by annual graduates.
The majors below prepare graduates for occupations that overlap with those of marine biology, based on the NCES CIP-to-SOC career crosswalk. Ordered by the number of shared occupations.
| Similar Major | Shared Careers | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Animal Physiology | 4 | 166 |
| Biology/Biological Sciences, General | 4 | 89,827 |
| Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology | 4 | 4,488 |
| Computational Biology | 4 | 321 |
| Entomology | 4 | 452 |
| Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology | 4 | 961 |
| Microbiology and Immunology | 4 | 443 |
| Molecular Biology | 4 | 1,255 |
| Neuroscience | 4 | 11,557 |
| Zoology/Animal Biology | 4 | 1,913 |
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Epidemiology | 3,053 |
| Ecology | 1,201 |
| Conservation Biology | 592 |
| Environmental Biology | 449 |
| Ecology, Evolution, Systematics and Population Biology, Other | 311 |
| Evolutionary Biology | 176 |
| Epidemiology and Biostatistics | 151 |
| Aquatic Biology/Limnology | 119 |
| Systematic Biology/Biological Systematics | 18 |
| Population Biology | 10 |
Part of the broader field of Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology, marine biology sits alongside related programs in that field.
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