2022 Best Value Colleges for Fisheries Sciences in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Fisheries Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 the Southwest region, there were 26 fisheries sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,000 and $23,120 respectively.

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

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the fisheries sciences program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. 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 in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Fisheries Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region fisheries students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Fisheries Sciences in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

Texas A&M University - College Station

College Station, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$19,057 Average Net Price

$53,657 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Fisheries Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #1 spot on the list. College Station, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s fisheries degrees to 26 students in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Fisheries Sciences Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Texas A&M University - College Station is $19,057 for Southwest Region Fisheries students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 2.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.

Full Texas A&M College Station Fisheries Sciences Report

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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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