2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Aquaculture

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Aquaculture Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Aquaculture is the 905th most popular major in the country with 157 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 54 aquaculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Aquaculture Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in aquaculture. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent aquaculture programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the aquaculture program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Aquaculture Schools for a Bachelor’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Aquaculture Schools for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree aquaculture students.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Aquaculture

#1

Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama

#1 in overall quality

$24,104 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Auburn University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Aquaculture Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Auburn University is a large school located in Auburn, Alabama that handed out 7 bachelors’s aquaculture degrees in 2019-2020.

Auburn also took the #1 spot in our “Best Aquaculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Auburn is $24,104 for bachelor’s degree aquaculture students.

The low student loan default rate of 2.9% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Aquaculture at Auburn University

#2

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$20,008 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Aquaculture Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Clemson University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Clemson, South Carolina, this large public school handed out 38 degrees to qualified bachelors’s aquaculture students in 2019-2020.

Clemson also took the #2 spot in our “Best Aquaculture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Clemson University is $20,008 for Bachelor’s Degree Aquaculture students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Clemson University Aquaculture Report

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

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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