PlotFuture PlotFuture
PlotFuture / Majors / 30.32

What can you do with a
Marine Sciences degree?

Marine Sciences is mid-paying, AI barely touches it, and you would have escape routes.

Is this major worth the money?

Real graduate earnings vs. the debt you'd carry — and how long it takes to pay off.
137.1 yrs
to pay back the degree
+$1k
earnings premium vs no degree
Median earnings
$45,771
Typical debt
$22,074
4-yr net cost
$62,496
Monthly loan payment
$251/mo
If you earn:

Where this major actually leads

7 careers it opens — bar color = AI risk, tag = how hard the path is.
Natural Sciences Managerscommon
AI risk 6 → 57 future · +3.7% demand
$120,380
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographersstretch
AI risk 4 → 47 future · +3.2% demand
$84,000
Bioinformatics Scientistsstretch
AI risk 25 → 71 future · +1.2% demand
$78,000
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Healthstretch
AI risk 5 → 50 future · +4.4% demand
$78,000
Remote Sensing Scientists and Technologistsleap
AI risk 4 → 46 future · +0.6% demand
$75,000
Information Technology Project Managersleap
AI risk 50 → 60 future · +0% demand
$70,000
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologistscommon
AI risk 6 → 45 future · +1.6% demand
$64,012
● green = AI-safe · red = AI-exposed · click any career for the full breakdown
How this is built. We take every career this major leads to (CIP→SOC official crosswalk), then join each one's real salary (BLS/DOL), AI exposure (O*NET + model), demand growth, and skill-based escape routes. ROI from College Scorecard. Every figure here is joined from official sources, not estimated.