2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Fisheries Sciences (Income $75-$110k) in the Southeast Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 481 people earned their degree in fisheries sciences, making the major the 267th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, fisheries sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $26,120 and had an average of $22,499 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 77 fisheries sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 29 fisheries sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Fisheries Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the fisheries sciences program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The fisheries school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Fisheries Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k”.

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Best Value Fisheries Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Fisheries Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Fisheries Sciences (Income $75-$110k) in the Southeast Region

#1

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$30,130 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$41,565 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Fisheries Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Florida landed the #1 spot on the list. UF is a large public school situated in Gainesville, Florida. It awarded 20 masters’s fisheries degrees in 2019-2020.

UF did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Fisheries Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Florida are $30,130.

Full University of Florida Fisheries Sciences Report

#2

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia

$30,547 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Virginia Tech. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Fisheries Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Blacksburg, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s fisheries degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

Virginia Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Fisheries Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Virginia Tech are $30,547, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Fisheries Sciences at Virginia Tech

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Fisheries Sciences (Income $75-$110k)

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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