2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Aquaculture in the Southeast Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Aquaculture Major in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Aquaculture is the 980th most popular major in the country with 148 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Southeast region, there were 118 aquaculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 13 aquaculture graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,328 and $20,384 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Aquaculture Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in aquaculture. That schools that top this list have a program in aquaculture in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Aquaculture Major in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Aquaculture Major in the Southeast Region”.

Top 4 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Aquaculture in the Southeast Region

1

Brunswick Community College
Bolivia, North Carolina

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brunswick Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Aquaculture Major in the Southeast Region. Located in Bolivia, North Carolina, this small public school awarded 7 diplomas to qualified associates’s aquaculture students in 2020-2021.

Full Brunswick Community College Aquaculture Report

2

Carteret Community College
Morehead City, North Carolina

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Carteret Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Aquaculture Major in the Southeast Region. Located in Morehead City, North Carolina, this small public school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified associates’s aquaculture students in 2020-2021.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read full report on Aquaculture at Carteret Community College

3

Hillsborough Community College
Tampa, Florida

Top 15% overall quality in Southeast

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hillsborough Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Aquaculture Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Tampa, Florida, this fairly large public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified associates’s aquaculture students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Aquaculture at Hillsborough Community College

4

Indian River State College
Fort Pierce, Florida

Top 20% overall quality in Southeast

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indian River State College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Aquaculture Major in the Southeast Region list. Fort Pierce, Florida is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s aquaculture degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.

Full Indian River State College Aquaculture Report

• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Aquaculture

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

• *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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