2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Fisheries Sciences

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 an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Fisheries Sciences is the 267th most popular major in the country with 481 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 37 fisheries sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Fisheries Schools for an Associate” ranking analyzed 3 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 an Associate”.

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Best Value Fisheries Schools for an Associate

The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree fisheries students.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Fisheries Sciences

#1

Mt. Hood Community College

Gresham, Oregon

#1 in overall quality

$7,211 Average Net Price

$31,851 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Fisheries Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Mt. Hood Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Gresham, Oregon is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s fisheries degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

MHCC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Fisheries Sciences Associate Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Mt. Hood Community College is $7,211 for Associate Degree Fisheries students.

Full Mt. Hood Community College Fisheries Sciences Report

#2

SUNY Cobleskill

Cobleskill, New York

#2 in overall quality

$16,647 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SUNY Cobleskill. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Fisheries Schools for an Associate list. SUNY Cobleskill is a small school located in Cobleskill, New York that handed out 8 associates’s fisheries degrees in 2019-2020.

SUNY Cobleskill also took the #2 spot in our “Best Fisheries Sciences Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $16,647 for Associate Degree Fisheries students per year to attend SUNY Cobleskill.

Read more about Fisheries Sciences at SUNY Cobleskill

#3

Hocking College

Nelsonville, Ohio

#3 in overall quality

$12,793 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Fisheries Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Hocking College landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Nelsonville, Ohio, and it awarded 9 associates’s fisheries degrees in 2019-2020.

Hocking Technical College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Fisheries Sciences Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $12,793 for Associate Degree Fisheries students per year to attend Hocking College.

Full Hocking Technical College Fisheries Sciences Report

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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