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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fishing & Fisheries Sciences & Management (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

4 Ranked Colleges
139 Degrees Awarded
$8,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Fishing & Fisheries Sciences & Management is the 551st most popular major in the country with 481 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 148 fishing and fisheries sciences and management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 139 fishing and fisheries sciences and management graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in fishing and fisheries sciences and management. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great fishing and fisheries sciences and management programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the fishing and fisheries sciences and management program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fishing & Fisheries Sciences & Management (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point

Stevens Point, Wisconsin
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, this medium-sized public school awarded 61 degrees to qualified bachelors’s fishing and fisheries sciences and management students in 2019-2020.

UW - Stevens Point did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Fishing & Fisheries Sciences & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UW - Stevens Point is $11,446 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#2

Lake Superior State University

Sault Ste Marie, Michigan
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lake Superior State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Sault Ste Marie, Michigan is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s fishing and fisheries sciences and management degrees to 24 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region bachelor’s degree fishing and fisheries sciences and management students whose families make $0-$30k list, Lake Superior State University has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Fishing & Fisheries Sciences & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Lake Superior State University is $7,067 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree fishing and fisheries sciences and management students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#3

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. Purdue University - Main Campus is a large public school situated in West Lafayette, Indiana. It awarded 35 bachelors’s fishing and fisheries sciences and management degrees in 2019-2020.

Purdue not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Fishing & Fisheries Sciences & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Purdue is $5,483 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#4

Northern Michigan University

Marquette, Michigan
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Michigan University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Marquette, Michigan, this medium-sized public school awarded 19 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s fishing and fisheries sciences and management students in 2019-2020.

Northern Michigan University also made our “Best Fishing & Fisheries Sciences & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $9,137 for great lakes region bachelor’s degree fishing and fisheries sciences and management students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Northern Michigan University.

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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