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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fisheries Sciences (Income $48-$75k) in Alaska

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Best Value Fisheries Schools for a Bachelor's in Alaska For Those Making $48-$75k

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 Bachelor’s in Alaska For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 481 people earned their degree in fisheries sciences, making the major the 267th most popular in the United States. 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 Alaska, there were 26 fisheries sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 fisheries sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,942 and $21,197 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent fisheries sciences 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 fisheries sciences program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 “Best Value Fisheries Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alaska For Those Making $48-$75k”.

One of our other unique offerings is College Combat. This tool lets you build your own customized comparisons utilizing the factors that are most important to you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.

Best Value Fisheries Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alaska For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Fisheries Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alaska For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fisheries Sciences (Income $48-$75k) in Alaska

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alaska Fairbanks. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Fisheries Schools for a Bachelor’s in Alaska For Those Making $48-$75k list. Fairbanks, Alaska is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s fisheries degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

UAF also took the #1 spot in our “Best Fisheries Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Alaska” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UAF is $10,729 for alaska bachelor’s degree fisheries students whose families make $48-$75k.

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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).
  • 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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