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2023 Best Fisheries Sciences Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region

1 Ranked Colleges
18 Degrees Awarded
$37,000 Avg Cost*
Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Fisheries

When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Fisheries” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Fisheries Sciences is the 290th most popular major in the country with 483 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 the New England region, there were 18 fisheries sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality fisheries sciences programs as well as strong veteran support.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the fisheries sciences program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Fisheries”.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons 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.

Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Fisheries

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region vets studying fisheries.

Top 1 Best Fisheries Sciences Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region

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University of Rhode Island
Kingston, Rhode Island

Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Fisheries that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Rhode Island landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Kingston, Rhode Island, and it awarded 14 ’s fisheries degrees in 2020-2021.

URI not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.Of the 17,649 students enrolled at URI, 381 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 187 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $10,022. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Rhode Island]](/colleges/university-of-rhode-island/student-life/veterans/)

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