2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fisheries Sciences in the Plains States Region
1
Ranked Colleges
1
Degrees Awarded
$24,363
Avg Salary
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fisheries Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 Plains States region, there were 5 fisheries sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,363 and $23,250 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 fisheries sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,724 and $22,887 respectively.
This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in fisheries sciences.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fisheries Major in the Plains States Region”.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fisheries Major in the Plains States Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fisheries Major in the Plains States Region”.
Top 1 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fisheries Sciences in the Plains States Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fisheries Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this large public school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s fisheries students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Fisheries Sciences at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Switch to a Different Ranking Method
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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.
Credits
- Credit for the banner image above goes to Ootahara.
