2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management
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Ranked Colleges
18
Degrees Awarded
$37,000
Avg Cost*
With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Fishing & Fisheries Sciences & Management is the 643rd most popular major in the country with 483 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the New England region, there were 18 fishing and fisheries sciences and management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality fishing and fisheries sciences and management programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the fishing and fisheries sciences and management program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management
The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region vets studying fishing and fisheries sciences and management.
Top 1 Best Fishing & Fisheries Sciences & Management Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Rhode Island. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management. Kingston, Rhode Island is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s fishing and fisheries sciences and management degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.
URI also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].Our most recent data shows that 381 of the 17,649 students enrolled at University of Rhode Island were GI Bill® students, of which 187 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $10,022. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Rhode Island does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at URI]](/colleges/university-of-rhode-island/student-life/veterans/)
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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