2025 Best Fisheries Sciences Schools in the Great Lakes Region
4Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
152Fisheries Degrees Awarded
$34,893Avg Early-Career Salary
You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a degree in fisheries sciences. It is ranked #290 out of 395 major degree programs in terms of popularity. As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.
College Factual reviewed 4 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of fisheries sciences. Combined, these schools handed out 152 degrees in fisheries sciences to qualified students.
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The fisheries program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Fisheries Sciences rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for fisheries sciences schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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Best Schools for Fisheries Sciences in the Great Lakes Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the fisheries degrees they offer, see the list below.
Purdue University - Main Campus is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a degree in fisheries sciences. Located in the city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #65 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Purdue is a great university overall.
There were roughly 53 fisheries sciences students who graduated with this degree at Purdue in the most recent year we have data available. Graduates who receive their degree from the fisheries program earn about $31,317 in the first couple years of their career.
Every student pursuing a degree in fisheries sciences has to look into University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point. UW - Stevens Point is a moderately-sized public university located in the distant town of Stevens Point. A Best Colleges rank of #931 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UW - Stevens Point is a great university overall.
There were about 43 fisheries sciences students who graduated with this degree at UW - Stevens Point in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the fisheries sciences major at University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point earn $7,404 more than the typical college grad in this field when they enter the workforce.
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Develop a broad-based interdisciplinary skill set to solve complex environmental problems like climate change, alternative energy and sustainability with a specialized online degree from Southern New Hampshire University.
Lake Superior State University is a wonderful choice for students interested in a degree in fisheries sciences. Located in the town of Sault Ste Marie, Lake Superior State University is a public university with a small student population. This university ranks 37th out of 56 schools for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were about 26 fisheries sciences students who graduated with this degree at Lake Superior State University in the most recent data year. Soon after graduating, fisheries degree recipients typically make an average of $34,729 in their early careers.
Northern Michigan University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in fisheries sciences. Northern Michigan University is a moderately-sized public university located in the town of Marquette. This university ranks 35th out of 56 schools for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were roughly 19 fisheries sciences students who graduated with this degree at Northern Michigan University in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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The fisheries program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Fisheries Sciences rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for fisheries sciences schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
