2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Fishing & Fisheries Sciences & Management in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in fishing and fisheries sciences and management. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent fishing and fisheries sciences and management programs, but they also cost less that 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

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 Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Fishing & Fisheries Sciences & Management in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$30,130 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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Florida landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Gainesville, Florida, and it awarded 20 masters’s fishing and fisheries sciences and management degrees in 2019-2020.

UF did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Fishing & Fisheries Sciences & Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UF are $30,130, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Fishing & Fisheries Sciences & Management at University of Florida

#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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Tech landed the #2 spot on the list. Virginia Tech is a public institution located in Blacksburg, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 9 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region master’s degree fishing and fisheries sciences and management students with aid list, Virginia Tech has also earned the #0 rank in our “Best Fishing & Fisheries Sciences & Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Virginia Tech are $30,547, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Fishing & Fisheries Sciences & Management at Virginia Tech

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Fishing & Fisheries Sciences & Management (With Aid)

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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