2022 Best Value Fisheries Schools for a Bachelor’s
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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 bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 315 fisheries sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Fisheries Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 14 colleges that offered a degree in fisheries sciences. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great fisheries sciences programs and cost less that 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Best Value Fisheries Schools for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Fisheries Schools for a Bachelor’s.
Top 14 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fisheries Sciences
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Fisheries Schools for a Bachelor’s. Located in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, this medium-sized public school awarded 61 degrees to qualified bachelors’s fisheries students in 2019-2020.
UW - Stevens Point not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Fisheries Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point is $14,465 for Bachelor’s Degree Fisheries students.
Out of the 14 schools in the Best Value Fisheries Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Lake Superior State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Lake Superior State University is a public institution located in Sault Ste Marie, Michigan. The school has a small population, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Lake Superior State University also made our “Best Fisheries Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #6. It costs about $12,398 for Bachelor’s Degree Fisheries students per year to attend Lake Superior State University.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Utah State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Fisheries Schools for a Bachelor’s. USU is a large public school situated in Logan, Utah. It awarded 8 bachelors’s fisheries degrees in 2019-2020.
USU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best Fisheries Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Utah State University is $13,634 for Bachelor’s Degree Fisheries students.
Out of the 14 schools in the Best Value Fisheries Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY Cobleskill landed the #4 spot on the list. Cobleskill, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s fisheries degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree fisheries students list, SUNY Cobleskill has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Fisheries Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $16,647 for bachelor’s degree fisheries students per year to attend SUNY Cobleskill.
Out of the 14 schools in the Best Value Fisheries Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Fairbanks landed the #5 spot on the list. University of Alaska Fairbanks is a medium-sized school located in Fairbanks, Alaska that handed out 1 bachelors’s fisheries degrees in 2019-2020.
UAF also took the #5 spot in our “Best Fisheries Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $10,333 for bachelor’s degree fisheries students per year to attend UAF.
Humboldt State University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Fisheries Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Arcata, California, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s fisheries degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree fisheries students list, Humboldt State University has also earned the #11 rank in our “Best Fisheries Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Humboldt State University is $14,692 for bachelor’s degree fisheries students.
Northern Michigan University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Fisheries Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #7. Northern Michigan University is a medium-sized public school situated in Marquette, Michigan. It awarded 19 bachelors’s fisheries degrees in 2019-2020.
Northern Michigan University also made our “Best Fisheries Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #14. It costs about $15,453 for Bachelor’s Degree Fisheries students per year to attend Northern Michigan University.
With a ranking of #8, Purdue University - Main Campus did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Fisheries Schools for a Bachelor’s list. This large school is located in West Lafayette, Indiana, and it awarded 35 bachelors’s fisheries degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Purdue, the school also landed the #9 spot in our “Best Fisheries Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Purdue University - Main Campus is $13,986 for Bachelor’s Degree Fisheries students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Oregon State University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Fisheries Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Oregon State is a large public school situated in Corvallis, Oregon. It awarded 75 bachelors’s fisheries degrees in 2019-2020.
Oregon State also made our “Best Fisheries Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for Oregon State University is $20,016 for bachelor’s degree fisheries students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 3.4% 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%.
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With a ranking of #10, University of Idaho did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Fisheries Schools for a Bachelor’s list. U of I is a fairly large school located in Moscow, Idaho that handed out 11 bachelors’s fisheries degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at U of I, the school also landed the #13 spot in our “Best Fisheries Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $14,132 for bachelor’s degree fisheries students per year to attend University of Idaho.
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With a ranking of #11, University of Rhode Island did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Fisheries Schools for a Bachelor’s list. URI is located in Kingston, Rhode Island and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s fisheries degrees to qualified students.
URI also took the #4 spot in our “Best Fisheries Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $20,607 for Bachelor’s Degree Fisheries students per year to attend URI.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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Texas A&M University - College Station came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Fisheries Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. College Station, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s fisheries degrees to 26 students in 2019-2020.
Texas A&M College Station not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Fisheries Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Texas A&M College Station is $19,057 for bachelor’s degree fisheries students.
The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Fisheries Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Paul Smiths, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s fisheries degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.
Paul Smith’s College also took the #12 spot in our “Best Fisheries Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Paul Smith’s College is $23,784 for bachelor’s degree fisheries students.
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Juniata College ranked #14 on this year’s Best Value Fisheries Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Huntingdon, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s fisheries degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.
Juniata also made our “Best Fisheries Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #10. The yearly cost to attend Juniata College is $22,597 for bachelor’s degree fisheries students.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 3.1% 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%.
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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%.
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- *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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