by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fisheries Major” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Fisheries Sciences is the 290th most popular major in the country with 506 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , fisheries sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $29,766 and had an average of $23,584 in loans still to pay off.
At the associate degree level specifically, there were 44 fisheries sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,431 and $15,731 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fisheries Major” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in fisheries sciences. That schools that top this list have a program in fisheries sciences in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree fisheries students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend SUNY Cobleskill. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fisheries Major. SUNY Cobleskill is located in Cobleskill, New York and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 6 associates’s fisheries degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fisheries Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Hocking College landed the #2 spot on the list. Nelsonville, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s fisheries degrees to 10 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bellingham Technical College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fisheries Major list. Located in Bellingham, Washington, this small public school awarded 11 degrees to qualified associates’s fisheries students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% 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%.
Full Bellingham Vocational Technical Institute Fisheries Sciences Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mt. Hood Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fisheries Major. MHCC is a medium-sized school located in Gresham, Oregon that handed out 13 associates’s fisheries degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad 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%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fisheries Major that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Southeast landed the #5 spot on the list. UAS is a small public school situated in Juneau, Alaska. It awarded 4 associates’s fisheries degrees in 2021-2022.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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