2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management for a Doctorate
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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With all of the options veterans 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 “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 483 people earned their degree in fishing and fisheries sciences and management, making the major the 643rd most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 65 fishing and fisheries sciences and management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent fishing and fisheries sciences and management programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the fishing and fisheries sciences and management program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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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 “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management for a Doctorate” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management for a Doctorate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management for a Doctorate”.
Top 1 Best Fishing & Fisheries Sciences & Management Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Tech. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management for a Doctorate list. Virginia Tech is located in Blacksburg, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 doctorate’s fishing and fisheries sciences and management degrees to qualified students.
Virginia Tech also took the #1 spot in our “Best Fishing & Fisheries Sciences & Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Virginia Tech supports 37,024 students, and 119 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 108 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $12,314. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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