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Virginia Tech MS in Fisheries Sciences

9 Master's Degrees Awarded

The main focus area for this major is Fishing & Fisheries Sciences & Management. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.

Fisheries Sciences is a major offered under the natural resources and conservation program of study at Virginia Tech. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the master’s degree program in fisheries, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.

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How Much Does a Master’s in Fisheries from Virginia Tech Cost?

$16,030 Average Tuition and Fees

Virginia Tech Graduate Tuition and Fees

In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at Virginia Tech was $1,534 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $761 per credit hour. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.

In StateOut of State
Tuition$13,701$27,614
Fees$2,329$2,933

Does Virginia Tech Offer an Online MS in Fisheries?

Virginia Tech does not offer an online option for its fisheries master’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Virginia Tech Online Learning page.

Virginia Tech Master’s Student Diversity for Fisheries

9 Master's Degrees Awarded
55.6% Women
11.1% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2019-2020 academic year, there were 9 master’s degrees in fisheries handed out to qualified students. The charts and tables below give more information about these students.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Of the students who received their master’s degree in fisheries in 2019-2020, 55.6% of them were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 69.8%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 11.1% of the fisheries master’s degrees at Virginia Tech in 2019-2020. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 9%.

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Race/EthnicityNumber of Students
Asian0
Black or African American0
Hispanic or Latino1
Native American or Alaska Native0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander0
White7
International Students0
Other Races/Ethnicities1

MS in Fisheries Focus Areas at Virginia Tech

Fisheries Sciences students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus AreaAnnual Graduates
Fishing & Fisheries Sciences & Management9

You may also be interested in one of these majors related to fisheries sciences.

Related MajorAnnual Graduates
Natural Resource Management65
Forestry18

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References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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