2023 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Fishing & Fisheries Sciences & Management in the Southeast Region

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

Across the Southeast region, there were 65 fishing and fisheries sciences and management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 fishing and fisheries sciences and management graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,087 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in fishing and fisheries sciences and management. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in fishing and fisheries sciences and management.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Well Attended Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree fishing and fisheries sciences and management students.

Top 2 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Fishing & Fisheries Sciences & Management in the Southeast Region

1

Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, Virginia

#7 overall quality in Southeast

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Tech. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate list. Virginia Tech is a large school located in Blacksburg, Virginia that handed out 6 doctorate’s fishing and fisheries sciences and management degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Fishing & Fisheries Sciences & Management at Virginia Tech

2

University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida

#9 overall quality in Southeast

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Florida. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate list. UF is a large school located in Gainesville, Florida that handed out 1 doctorate’s fishing and fisheries sciences and management degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full UF Fishing & Fisheries Sciences & Management Report

• Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Fishing & Fisheries Sciences & Management

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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