2022 Best Value Fisheries Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Fisheries Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 11 fisheries sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality fisheries sciences programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the fisheries sciences program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Fisheries Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree fisheries students.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Fisheries Sciences in the Southeast Region

#1

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$30,547 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Fisheries Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Tech landed the #1 spot on the list. Blacksburg, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s fisheries degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

Virginia Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Fisheries Sciences Doctor’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 Virginia Tech are $30,547.

Read full report on Fisheries Sciences at Virginia Tech

#2

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida

#2 in overall quality

$30,130 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Florida. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Fisheries Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region. UF is a large public school situated in Gainesville, Florida. It awarded 4 doctorate’s fisheries degrees in 2019-2020.

UF did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Fisheries Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UF are $30,130, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Fisheries Sciences at University of Florida

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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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