2023 Best Value Fisheries Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Fisheries Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 483 people earned their degree in fisheries sciences, making the major the 290th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, fisheries sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $29,766 and had an average of $26,788 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 65 fisheries sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,451 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Fisheries Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in fisheries sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality fisheries sciences programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the fisheries sciences program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Fisheries Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Fisheries Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Fisheries Sciences (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

1

University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$65 Average Net Price

$51,332 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Florida. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Best Value Fisheries Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This large school is located in Gainesville, Florida, and it awarded 49 ’s fisheries degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UF, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Fisheries Sciences Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $65 for Southeast Region Fisheries students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend University of Florida.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.

Full UF Fisheries Sciences Report

2

Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$11,934 Average Net Price

$52,444 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Tech. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Fisheries Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Virginia Tech is a large school located in Blacksburg, Virginia that handed out 12 ’s fisheries degrees in 2020-2021.

Virginia Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Fisheries Sciences Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Virginia Tech is $11,934 for Southeast Region Fisheries students whose families make $0-$30k.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% 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%.

Full Virginia Tech Fisheries Sciences Report

• Best Value Colleges for Fisheries Sciences (Income $0-$30k)

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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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