Fisheries Sciences degree programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major ranks #290 out of the 395 majors we look at each year. While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.
There was only one school in Texas to review for the 2025 Best Fisheries Sciences Schools in Texas ranking.
Develop a broad-based interdisciplinary skill set to solve complex environmental problems like climate change, alternative energy and sustainability with a specialized online degree from Southern New Hampshire University.
The fisheries school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Fisheries Sciences Schools in Texas.
More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.
To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you.
Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.
Develop a broad-based interdisciplinary skill set to solve complex environmental problems like climate change, alternative energy and sustainability with a specialized online degree from Southern New Hampshire University.
The schools below may not offer all types of fisheries degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Every student who is interested in fisheries sciences has to check out Texas A&M University - College Station. Texas A&M College Station is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of College Station.
Students who graduate with their degree from the fisheries program state that they receive average early career earnings of $33,410.
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).
Credit for the banner image above goes to Ootahara.
