2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management Major

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Fishing & Fisheries Sciences & Management is the 643rd most popular major in the country with 483 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 43 fishing and fisheries sciences and management graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,806 and $19,336 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management Major” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in fishing and fisheries sciences and management. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their fishing and fisheries sciences and management program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management Major

The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree fishing and fisheries sciences and management students.

Top 5 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Fishing & Fisheries Sciences & Management

1

SUNY Cobleskill
Cobleskill, New York

Top 25% overall quality in United States

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management Major that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY Cobleskill landed the #1 spot on the list. SUNY Cobleskill is located in Cobleskill, New York and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 associates’s fishing and fisheries sciences and management degrees to qualified students.

Full SUNY Cobleskill Fishing & Fisheries Sciences & Management Report

2

Hocking College
Nelsonville, Ohio

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hocking College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management Major. This small school is located in Nelsonville, Ohio, and it awarded 6 associates’s fishing and fisheries sciences and management degrees in 2020-2021.

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3

Bellingham Technical College
Bellingham, Washington

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Bellingham Technical College landed the #3 spot on the list. Bellingham Technical College is a small public school situated in Bellingham, Washington. It awarded 10 associates’s fishing and fisheries sciences and management degrees in 2020-2021.

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4

Mt. Hood Community College
Gresham, Oregon

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mt. Hood Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management Major. Mt. Hood Community College is a medium-sized school located in Gresham, Oregon that handed out 14 associates’s fishing and fisheries sciences and management degrees in 2020-2021.

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5

University of Alaska Southeast
Juneau, Alaska

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Alaska Southeast. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management Major. UAS is a public institution located in Juneau, Alaska. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read full report on Fishing & Fisheries Sciences & Management at University of Alaska Southeast

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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