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. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Fisheries Major in Maine for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 483 people earned their degree in fisheries sciences, making the major the 290th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, fisheries sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $29,766 and had an average of $26,788 in loans still to pay off.
Across Maine, there were 4 fisheries sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 4 fisheries sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,717 and $0 respectively.
To top this list, a school must have a successful fisheries sciences program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Fisheries Major in Maine for a Master’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Fisheries Major in Maine for a Master’s”.
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Well Attended Fisheries Major in Maine for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New England landed the #1 spot on the list. UNE is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Biddeford, Maine. It awarded 4 masters’s fisheries degrees in 2020-2021.
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%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
