by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fisheries Major” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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.
At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 60 fisheries sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,979 and $43,370 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fisheries Major” ranking analyzed 9 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 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 Master’s Highly Focused on Fisheries Major”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fisheries Major”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New England. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fisheries Major list. Located in Biddeford, Maine, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 13 degrees to qualified masters’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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Florida. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fisheries Major. This large school is located in Gainesville, Florida, and it awarded 26 masters’s fisheries degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fisheries Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Oregon State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Oregon State University is a large school located in Corvallis, Oregon that handed out 9 masters’s fisheries degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Fisheries Sciences at Oregon State University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Tech. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fisheries Major list. This large school is located in Blacksburg, Virginia, and it awarded 8 masters’s fisheries degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fisheries Major list. Iowa State University is a large school located in Ames, Iowa that handed out 3 masters’s fisheries degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Utah State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fisheries Major ranking. Logan, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s fisheries degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% 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%.
University of Washington - Seattle Campus ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fisheries Major list. UW Seattle is a large school located in Seattle, Washington that handed out 0 masters’s fisheries degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Fisheries Sciences at University of Washington - Seattle Campus
University of Maryland Eastern Shore did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fisheries Major ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Princess Anne, Maryland, this small public school awarded 0 degrees to qualified masters’s fisheries students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% 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%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Full University of Maryland Eastern Shore Fisheries Sciences Report
With a ranking of #6, Texas A&M University - College Station did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fisheries Major list. This large school is located in College Station, Texas, and it awarded 18 masters’s fisheries degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Fisheries Sciences at Texas A&M College Station
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