Students interested in fishing & fisheries sciences & management, you may also want to explore other closely related fields of study. Here you will find majors with similar career paths, related concentrations and specializations, and the most popular similar majors, ranked by annual graduates.
The majors below prepare graduates for occupations that overlap with those of fishing & fisheries sciences & management, based on the NCES CIP-to-SOC career crosswalk. They are ranked by the number of shared occupations.
| Similar Major | Shared Careers | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Food Products Processing | 1 | 168 |
| Agricultural Business and Management, General | 1 | 2,188 |
| Agricultural Business and Management, Other | 1 | 137 |
| Agricultural Production Operations, General | 1 | 820 |
| Agricultural Production Operations, Other | 1 | 17 |
| Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture | 1 | 769 |
| Agronomy and Crop Science | 1 | 1,201 |
| Animal Sciences, General | 1 | 7,535 |
| Animal Sciences, Other | 1 | 249 |
| Animal/Livestock Husbandry and Production | 1 | 841 |
As a more focused area within Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management, fishing & fisheries sciences & management sits alongside related programs in that field.
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