2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Fisheries Sciences (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Fisheries Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Fisheries Sciences is the 267th most popular major in the country with 481 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, fisheries sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $26,120 and had an average of $22,499 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 2 fisheries sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,600 and $19,449 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 fisheries sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,701 and $106,703 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality fisheries sciences programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the fisheries sciences program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 “Best Value Fisheries Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Fisheries Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region doctor’s degree fisheries students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Fisheries Sciences (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$25,948 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Iowa State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Fisheries Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Iowa State University is a large public school situated in Ames, Iowa. It awarded 2 doctorate’s fisheries degrees in 2019-2020.

Iowa State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Fisheries Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State are $25,948.

Read full report on Fisheries Sciences at Iowa State

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Fisheries Sciences (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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