2023 Best Fishing & Fisheries Sciences & Management Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Fishing & Fisheries Sciences & Management is the 643rd most popular major in the country with 483 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Plains States region, there were 5 fishing and fisheries sciences and management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great fishing and fisheries sciences and management programs and a strong support system for 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management”.
Top 1 Best Fishing & Fisheries Sciences & Management Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management list. Iowa State is a large school located in Ames, Iowa that handed out 4 ’s fishing and fisheries sciences and management degrees in 2020-2021.
Iowa State also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].According to our most recent data, Iowa State University supports 31,822 students, and 814 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 388 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,933. On top of their other funding sources, 9 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Iowa State]](/colleges/iowa-state-university/student-life/veterans/)
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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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