2023 Most Focused Colleges for Fisheries Sciences in the Southeast Region
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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 Highly Focused on Fisheries Major in the Southeast 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 Southeast region, there were 72 fisheries sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,451 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Fisheries Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 2 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 Highly Focused on Fisheries Major in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region fisheries students.
Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for Fisheries Sciences in the Southeast Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Fisheries Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Florida landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Gainesville, Florida, and it awarded 58 ’s fisheries degrees in 2021-2022.
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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.
Full University of Florida Fisheries Sciences Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Tech. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Fisheries Major in the Southeast Region list. Virginia Tech is a public institution located in Blacksburg, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 11 ’s degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.5% 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 full report on Fisheries Sciences at Virginia Tech
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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
- *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.
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