2025 Best Aquaculture Schools

You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a degree in aquaculture. It is ranked #980 out of 1506 major degree programs in terms of popularity. While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of aquaculture. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 139 degrees in aquaculture annually.

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• Best Overall Aquaculture Schools List

Aquaculture Rankings by Degree Level

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Aquaculture Schools list to help you make the college decision. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Aquaculture in the United States

The schools below may not offer all types of aquaculture degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top Schools in Aquaculture

1

Auburn University
Auburn, AL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Every student pursuing a degree in aquaculture needs to check out Auburn University. Auburn is a fairly large public university located in the city of Auburn.More information about a degree in aquaculture from Auburn University

2

Clemson University
Clemson, SC

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

33 Aquaculture Degrees Awarded

It's difficult to beat Clemson University if you wish to pursue a degree in aquaculture. Clemson is a very large public university located in the midsize suburb of Clemson.More information about a degree in aquaculture from Clemson University

Aquaculture by Region

View the Best Aquaculture Schools for a specific region near you.

Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

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Rankings in Majors Related to Aquaculture

One of 9 majors within the Agricultural Production area of study, Aquaculture has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Aquaculture

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Animal/Livestock Husbandry & Production	872
Agricultural Production Operations	617
Agroecology & Sustainable Agriculture	597
Horse Husbandry/Equine Science & Management	427
Crop Production	377
Dairy Husbandry & Production	80
Agricultural Production Operations	15

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Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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