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2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fisheries Sciences in the Great Lakes Region

5 Ranked Colleges
142 Degrees Awarded
$26,370 Avg Salary
Schools for a Bachelor's Highly Focused on Fisheries Major in the Great Lakes Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fisheries Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2021-2022, 506 people earned their degree in fisheries sciences, making the major the 290th most popular in the United States. 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.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 152 fisheries sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,370 and $22,007 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 142 fisheries sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,415 and $23,858 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fisheries Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in fisheries sciences. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in fisheries sciences.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fisheries Major in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree fisheries students.

Top 5 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fisheries Sciences in the Great Lakes Region

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Lake Superior State University
Sault Ste Marie, Michigan

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lake Superior State University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fisheries Major in the Great Lakes Region. This small school is located in Sault Ste Marie, Michigan, and it awarded 26 bachelors’s fisheries degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Fisheries Sciences at Lake Superior State University

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Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fisheries Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point is located in Stevens Point, Wisconsin and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 43 bachelors’s fisheries degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%.

Read more about Fisheries Sciences at University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point

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Northern Michigan University
Marquette, Michigan

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Michigan University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fisheries Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Northern Michigan University is a medium-sized school located in Marquette, Michigan that handed out 19 bachelors’s fisheries degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Northern Michigan University Fisheries Sciences Report

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Purdue University - Main Campus
West Lafayette, Indiana

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Purdue University - Main Campus. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fisheries Major in the Great Lakes Region. Purdue is a large public school situated in West Lafayette, Indiana. It awarded 53 bachelors’s fisheries degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full Purdue University - Main Campus Fisheries Sciences Report

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Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti, Michigan

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern Michigan University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fisheries Major in the Great Lakes Region. Eastern Michigan is a fairly large school located in Ypsilanti, Michigan that handed out 0 bachelors’s fisheries degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Eastern Michigan Fisheries Sciences Report

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