2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Fishing & Fisheries Sciences & Management (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 481 people earned their degree in fishing and fisheries sciences and management, making the major the 551st most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 77 fishing and fisheries sciences and management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 29 fishing and fisheries sciences and management graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in fishing and fisheries sciences and management. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality fishing and fisheries sciences and management programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the fishing and fisheries sciences and management program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Fishing & Fisheries Sciences & Management (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region

#1

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$30,130 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Florida. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k. UF is a large school located in Gainesville, Florida that handed out 20 masters’s fishing and fisheries sciences and management degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UF, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Fishing & Fisheries Sciences & Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Florida are $30,130.

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#2

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia

$30,547 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Tech landed the #2 spot on the list. Virginia Tech is a large public school situated in Blacksburg, Virginia. It awarded 9 masters’s fishing and fisheries sciences and management degrees in 2019-2020.

Virginia Tech also made our “Best Fishing & Fisheries Sciences & Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at Virginia Tech are $30,547, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Fishing & Fisheries Sciences & Management (Income $30-$48k)

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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